Sukuma

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Julien Gauthier
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Sukuma wooden ancestral figure from Tanzania with provenance Privatsammlung, hand-carved in wood with a fetish on a pedestal, anthropomorphic and dynamic with splayed legs, incorporating textile and glass; dimensions 41 cm high by 16 cm wide by 14 cm deep; weight 1050 g; sold without a stand; in reasonable condition.

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East Africa, Tanzania, Sukuma people. A hand-carved wooden figure of an ancestor with an additionally attached fetish on a pedestal. The figure is distinctly anthropomorphic and dynamic, almost dancing, with its legs splayed.
Wood, textile and glass.

East Africa, Tanzania, Sukuma people. A hand-carved wooden figure of an ancestor with an additionally attached fetish on a pedestal. The figure is distinctly anthropomorphic and dynamic, almost dancing, with its legs splayed.
Wood, textile and glass.

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