Unrecorded artist, Shoowa Peoples
Plush fabric/ Kasaai velvet
About the SessionA strong contemporary thread runs throughout the sale, rooted in long-standing tradition. Selective historic textiles offer a vital counterpoint and illuminate the deep sources that continue to inspire contemporary makers.
LOT 37
Unrecorded artist, Shoowa Peoples
Plush fabric/ Kasaai velvet
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 2 000 - 2 400
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 343
About this Item
Unrecorded artist, Shoowa Peoples
Congolese 20th century
Plush fabric/ Kasaai velvet
raffia
height: 57cm; width: 57cm
Notes
"Raffia embroidery among the Kuba expounds a unique balance: between the freedom the embroiderers - who are all women - allow themselves, and the boundaries that hold the surface together. Similarity of line, form, and structure dominates, creating a unity in the picture. This, in turn, allows for seemingly endless variations in detail." 1
1. Schaedler, Karl-Ferdinand. Weaving in Africa South of the Sahara. Munich: Panterra Verlag, 1987
Provenance
Michael Heuermann Collection.
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