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Figural pendant ·  D. R. Congo, Hungana · ID: 3034020

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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.


The object Figural pendant with the object ID 3034020 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 375.

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Comparing literature

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


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