Kikapu pendant lamp, 2024. Woven sisal and brass.
Lot 3

Mwanga Works (founded 2017)

Kikapu pendant lamp, 2024

Woven sisal and brass

48 × 60 × 60 cm

Estimate KES 60,000–90,000

Bidding

Sold

KES 110,000

Hammer price. Buyer's premium of 20% and VAT on the premium are added.

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About the work

A wide pendant shade woven in natural sisal on a brass frame, with a brass ceiling cup and braided cable. Lit, the weave throws a soft pattern on the ceiling.

Condition

Excellent. Rewired by the makers; supplied with a 1.5 m cable.

Provenance

Acquired from the makers, 2024.

The artist

Mwanga Works makes lamps from woven sisal, brass and blackened steel in a workshop off Kirinyaga Road. The weaving is done by a cooperative in Machakos, the metalwork in Nairobi, and every shade is woven to fit its frame.

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