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Square painting

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Historical main catalogue: "Oil painting with wooden frame (66.5x66.5) Village scene with three men and three trees. A medicine man anaesthetises a young man and transforms himself into a bird. Acquired in Dar-es-Salaam 1993/94 Siyaya (Tingatinga)"

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Square painting
Dimensions
Weight: 2,45 kg
Height: 66,5 cm
Width: 66,5 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Material/Technique
Hard fibre, Wood, Colour (lacquer)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 20125

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Siyaya
    Tingatinga-Schule - Makers
  • Collecting
    who
    Albrecht Wacker - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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