Armless figure "ngeze" of the "bwami" society
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Claude Vérité, Paris, FranceStéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris
Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
According to Biebuyck “ngeze” personifies an individual who wants to achieve higher initiation but fails to prepare for it. He is a “salugi”, Lazy Bones. (Biebuyck, 2002, p. 127, Cat. 68)