Zemanek-Münster

Figural pendant

D. R. Congo, Hungana
not available anymore
Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 8,5 cm
H: 3.3 inch

Description

ivory, a flat body formed of edged and geometrical forms, a large-scale face with deepened facial features, rep. (neck), fine cracks through age, on base;
small ivory or bone figural amulets are the best known form of Hungana sculpture.


Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 43, ill. 11

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