Figural object ·  D. R. Congo, Vili · ID: 3037502

Description

ivory, polished, dark pigment rubbed into the deepenings, delicate carving, european clothing: tailcoat with banded collar, long trousers and footwear, holding a stoneware jug in his hands; the face with broad nose and filed incisors, as well as the headdress of african style, slightly dam., minor chips at the base, cracks, base;
it may have formed part of the handle of a flywhisk.

The object Figural object with the object ID 3037502 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 508 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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Comparing literature

Publications

Stevenson, M. & M. Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 23, ill. 1