Nativity scene in relief

Unknownearly 1970s

Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

The Makonde, a Bantu-speaking ethnic group in south-eastern Tanzania, are renowned for their ebony carvings. Initially these represented scenes reflecting the Makonde worldview, but following 19th-century missionary activities Christian imagery also came to be included.

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Title: Nativity scene in relief
Creator: Unknown
Date: early 1970s
Location: Tansania
Physical Dimensions: w42 x h75 x d40 cm
Type: Object
Medium: ebony, carved, polished
Inv.-No.: N (31 Q) 1/1994,2812
ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018719
External Link: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Copyright: Text: © Koehler & Amelang Verlag in der Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG / Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / und die Autoren Photo: © Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ute Franz-Scarciglia

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