Beautiful female power figure · D. R. Congo, Holo / Suku · ID: 3047665
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Willem Minderman (1910 -1985), The Hague, The NetherlandsMinderman was a visual artist of the New Hague School. He was known for Still life painting.
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, camwood powder, miniature glass beads, grass fibre, old collection label “Pende, ca. 1930”, base
The figure with white and red coloured face halves has various openings for insertion of magical substances. Her forehead is adorned by a vertical scar, her body by geometric scarifications.
The object Beautiful female power figure with the object ID 3047665 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 123 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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