African Art

(Romina) #1

Bovine figure (Karagwe).
Tanzania.
Iron, height: 41 cm.
Felix Collection.


According to legend, this figure was created by the king himself, who, in the
wake of a dream, thought to mould his entire kingdom of metal. British
researchers, Speke in 1861 and Stanley in 1875, further developed these
objects.

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