Half figure · D. R. Congo, Mongo / Jonga · ID: 3046821
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Provenance
Robert Temple Keating, Washington, USA (coll. in situ 1971)Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, base
This figure was collected in 1971 in Kinshasa by then USAID financial developement advisor to Zaire, Robert Keating. There he became friendly with then Kinshasa Museum director Joseph Cornet. From that time on Keating never bought African objects without first clearing them with Cornet.
The object Half figure with the object ID 3046821 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 232.
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