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THB19th C. African Maasai Moran Terracotta Charm
Lot 103
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2019-04-04 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Africa, Kenya, Shambaa/Uganga (Maasai Moran), ca. 19th century CE. Carefully hand-built and nicely modeled from terracotta, a wonderful bust of a Maasai Moran, a youthful warrior, facing forward with a solemn countenance with hands over his chest. His visage presents coffee bean shaped eyes - both pierced for inlays, one still containing a glass inlay (white with a black dot for a pupil), an arched browline leading to a naturalistic nose, full closed lips, a high forehead, and slender chin. Atop his head is a fanciful coiffure - combed back with a twisted ridged section down the middle trailing passed his shoulders. Nice traces of orange red pigment further embellish the surface. According to scholar Barbara Thompson, who did fieldwork in the Usambara Mountains in the 1980s, the inlaid glass eyes and residue in opening on back of torso suggest indigenous use in medicine practices (uganga); in addition, these were uses a icons of power in uganga. Size: 4.75" H (12.1 cm); 6.25" H (15.9 cm) on included custom stand.
See similar examples from the Berline Volkerkunde Museum published in Kurt Krieger's "Ostafrikanische Plastik".
Provenance: private Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania, USA collection; ex-Amyas Naegele, New York, New York, USA
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#144556Normal surface wear commensurate with age. Surface loss to chest and small loss to lower left periphery. One glass eye missing. Tiny hole through base to fit to stand. Hole on the verso may be a firing hole, but also may contain residue from medicine practice according to scholar Barbara Thompson.Condition
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