拍品 525
525
THREE AFRICAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACES: one of large pale blue ovoid beads, another of large pale grey ovoid beads, the last of dark blue and amber ring beads; a group of six metal bells on hide cord; a Shona knife in wood sheath carved with geometrics; an ivory knife inset with blackened zigzags and circlets; and four other knives, many with old labels (a lot)

细节
THREE AFRICAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACES: one of large pale blue ovoid beads, another of large pale grey ovoid beads, the last of dark blue and amber ring beads; a group of six metal bells on hide cord; a Shona knife in wood sheath carved with geometrics; an ivory knife inset with blackened zigzags and circlets; and four other knives, many with old labels (a lot)
来源
Hugh Stannus Stannus (1877-1957)Hugh Stannus was appointed medical officer to the King's African Rifles in 1905 and was later posted to Zomba in Nyasaland. His study of the ethnology and anthroplogy of the tribes of the area resulted in many publications, most notably a monograph on the Wayao (published 1922). He returned to England at the end of the First World War at which time his health prevented him from taking up further appointments in Africa.