DescriptionPB177541f Mwana Hiti Figure with beaded headdress on a decorated calabash, Zigua, Tanzania (10897010124).jpg
This unusual little figure is adorned with a beaded cap and stands on a gourd studded with hard shelled red & black seeds and cowrie shells. There are remnants of a feather band around the centre of the gourd.
This piece may have been used as an ancestor figure.
It measures 42cm and the gourd is 15cm wide.
Further information or more images of individual pieces please contact:
Ann Porteus
Sidewalk Tribal Gallery
19-21 Castray Esplanade,
Battery Point 7004
Hobart Tasmania Australia
ann@sidewalkgallery.com.au
sidewalktribal.com
t: 613 6224 0331
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