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.