NYAMWEZI & ZIGWA FIGURES, Tanzania

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ZIGWA
Figure 1
32"
SOLD

  NYAMWEZI
Figure 2
27.5"
SOLD

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 3
28"
$400 

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 11
20.5"
SOLD

  ZIGWA
Figure 5
22.5"
$400

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 6
21"
$400

 

ZIGWA
Figure 7
15"
SOLD

 

ZIGWA
Figure 8
14.5"
$400

 

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 9
20"
$300

 

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 10
23"
$300

 

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 4
21"
$400

 

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 12
24"
SOLD

 NYAMWEZI
Figure 13
24.5"
SOLD

  

NYAMWEZI
Figure 14
24"
$200

  NYAMWEZI
Figure 15
24"
$200




Photographs © Tim Hamill

 

NYAMWEZI & ZIGWA FIGURES, Tanzania

The name Nyamwezi means "people from the moon" in Swahili. It is usually taken to be a reference to their homeland in northwest central Tanzania, given to them by the people from the coastal regions of the country. Thei elongated and often quite elegant little statues figures may be partially or completely wrapped with leather bands or cloth.

The Zigwa are from northeastern Tanzania. In addition to being wrapped in cloth, their figures are frequently bound with cords.

The large puppets made by the Sukuma people of Tanzania display clear aesthetic similarities to the figures of these two groups.

 

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