Figural pendant · D. R. Congo, Hungana · ID: 3034020
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Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, BelgiumSize
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