Three Tuareg Tent Posts, Niger

Three Tuareg Tent Posts, Niger
Wood, pigment, metal
Heights 44 - 53 1/2in (112 - 136cm)

Provenance
Marc and Denyse Ginzberg Collection, New York
Private Princely Collection

Literature
Ginzberg, Marc, African Forms, Skira, Milano, 2000, p. 53

As noted by M. Ginzberg (Ibid., caption), "These Tuareg posts are tent poles only in the sense that they were used inside tents, not that they supported them. Placed in various locations, but often around the bed, they divided interior spaces when wrapped with long mats, éseber. The posts could be either flat or round."