GROUP OF MANGBETU HATS AND A TUTSI BASKET

Ca. late 19th - early 20th century AD. > A collection of three Mangbetu woven fibre hats of varying form, including a flat domed example with linear decoration, a tall cylindrical hat with horizontal banding, and a flattened disc-form hat with fitted cover; together with a finely coiled Tutsi basket of compact circular form. > > Size: 160-210mm x 85-210mm; Weight: 215g > Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Pierre Dartevelle 12 may 2010 (Tutsi basket); Ex. Congo Gallery Brussels 07 April 2010 (partially). > >

Estimate:£240

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