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Zaramo Mwana Hiti Figure
- Culture
- Zaramo
- Origin
- Tanzania
- Period
- 20th century
- Object
- Figure
- Materials
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 33 cm high
- Catalogue
- TRB-036
A figure of mwana hiti type, with a split-lobe hairstyle and eyes set with inset beads. The tapering columnar body has small breasts and rises from a three-legged stool with incised decoration on the legs. Possibly a shrine figure.
Provenance
Estate of Thomas McNemar (1931-2020), who lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and established galleries of African art in New York and San Francisco.Acquired
Hilliard & Co. · 2021
