Spoon With Anthropomorphic Head, Before 1900 - Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati Or His Workshop - Apr 13, 2024 | Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-muenster In Bavaria
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Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900 - Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati or his workshop

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Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900 - Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati or his workshop
Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900 - Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati or his workshop
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Description
wood, pokerwork, labelled on the underside of the spoon: "chaîne symbolique du Mariage - Mœurs des natures de Mozambique - Souvenir de la Guerre des Boers - 1900"

A formally and stylistically almost identical spoon is published by Stevenson & Graham-Stewart, 2003, p. 44. Particularly typical of Muhlati are the circular eyes and the round, deepened ears with distinctive triangle.
L: 22,3 cm, L: 8,8 inch

Provenance:
French Collection (1900)

Lit.: Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 44
Continent: Africa
Condition
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Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900 - Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati or his workshop

Estimate €1,500 - €3,000
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Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-Muenster

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Auction Curated By
Dr. David Zemanek
Expert for African and Oceanic Art
Howard Nowes
Expert for Pre-Columbian and Classical Antiquities
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