Tabwa Axe Shaft

Democratic Republic of the Congo
56.5 cm. long

Provenance

Maria Wyss, Basel
Udo Horstmann, Zug

Literature

Maurer, E.M. and Roberts, A. F. (eds.), Tabwa The Rising of a New Moon: A Century of Tabwa Art, Ann Arbor, 1985, p.257, fig.265
Vogel, S. and Thompson, J., Closeup. Lessons in the art of seeing African sculpture from an American collection and the Horstmann collection, New York, 1990, p.109, no.27
Bassani, E.,(ed.), Masters of African Art. Forms and Styles. Eighty-four Sculptures from the Horstmann Collection, Mendrisio, 2007, p.73, fig.26

Exhibitions

New York, The Center for African Art, Closeup. Lessons in the art of seeing African sculpture from an American collection and the Horstmann collection, September 1990-March 1991
Mendrisio, Museo d’arte di Mendrisio, Masters of African Art. Forms and Styles. Eighty-four Sculptures from the Horstmann Collection, April-July 2007

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