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DE BAECQUE et Associés - Lyon
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SONINKE, SENEGAL, An imposing calabash with multiple functio…
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92
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SONINKE, SENEGAL, An imposing calabash with multiple functio…
See original version (French)
Estimate €50 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
SONINKE, SENEGAL,
An imposing calabash with multiple functions. In addition to its uses as a receptacle for millet, maize or rice, cloth and dowry jewellery, it becomes a very loud noisemaker when it is partly filled with seeds. It is then shaken by women during wedding processions or circumcision rites.
One crack has been carefully restored.
Calabash, plant fibres. Mid 20th century
H. 40 cm - Diam. 36 cm
Superb honey-coloured patina
Sold with its fabric stand.
Bibliography :
- Injured objects. La réparation en Afrique. G. Speranza. 5 continents - Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2007
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