Female half figure · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3051895
Price
EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Italian Collection, TriestSize
H: 24,3 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, rest. in two places
Half-figure with beautiful facial features, made of particularly light wood, probably an early work. The figure was possibly originally attached to a calabash, as used in initiation rites of the “bugabo” society, an association dedicated to hunting, healing and fighting crime.
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter & Allan F. Roberts, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 204, ill. 88