| wood, reddish brown patina, circular shaft with ring-shaped constrictions, merging into a flattened head piece with inserted metal blade, crowned by a human head with schematized facial features, the eyes inset with miniature glass beads, slightly dam. at the bottom
Lit.: Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, Meisterwerke afrikanischer Kunst, München 1994, p. 144 |
