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Medecine Calabash with sculptured Lid, Tanzania

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Medecine Calabash with sculptured Lid, Tanzania

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Title: Medecine Calabash with sculptured Lid, Tanzania

Dimension: 28x12x12

Additional Information: A orange brown medicine calabash adorned with a small wooden figure with two crests atop its lid. This object was made by the Kwere people and is in excellent condition.

Origin: Tanzania
Dated to the nineteen twenties or thirties.

This item comes with a signed and stamped certificate confirming its authenticity. All our lots are appraised and checked by Jos Humblet. Mr. Humblet (°1954, Brussels) graduated in 1978 as Master of Art at St. Lukas in Brussels. From 1978 until 1993 he worked at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he specialised in formal analysis of works of art. Mr. Humblet started collecting tribal art in 1980 and became a dealer in 1995, specialising in art from Kongo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad.

Reserve: $325.00

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