Working photo | Photographer: Anika Niemeck | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalWorking photo | Photographer: Anika Niemeck | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalWorking photo | Photographer: Anika Niemeck | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalMain catalogue: "2 roughly carved wooden figures. a) 108, b) 71 cm high. The latter wears strings of pearls around her neck and hips, on her left arm [...] pearl rings and a short string of pearls on her nose. "The figures were bought by Waseguha, who performed dances in Saadani to celebrate Ramadan. They were carried around in a circle during the day, each dressed in a white cloth, and sung to. They were supposed to represent the scheitani (devil). The lead dancer wore the mask III E 5998 and the drum III E 5999 was beaten for the dance." (Hessling) Waseguha, coastal area. Tanzania"
Cataloguing data
Height: 107 cm
Width: 36 cm
Depth: 27,5 cm
Weight: 4,3 kg
Height: 76 cm
Width: 31,5 cm
Depth: 14 cm