Zemanek-Münster

Head sculpture "ntadi"

D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

steatite, massive neck with two rings and small maskface in flat relief, the head hollowed, characteristic fez-like headdress, slightly dam., missing parts in the stone (right temple)


Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 470

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