Description
Figure - Wood - Pare - Kwere - Tanzania
Fair
A Pare from the Kwere tribe, Tanzania female figure with beads in the eyes and a necklace around the waist.
H= 23 cm, 24 cm on the metal stand. Some insect damages on top of the head and on the back, on feet cut to de-sacralyse.
Living around the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania ( see map)
Representing a pregnant women, it has been used in a fertility ritual.
Lot details
- Object
- Figure
- Indigenous object name
- Pare
- Ethnic group/ culture
- Kwere
- Region/ country
- Tanzania
- Material
- Wood
- Condition
- Fair
- Sold with stand
- Yes
- Dimensions
- 23×5×5 cm