Zemanek-Münster

Head sculpture "ntadi" ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3037138

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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)


The object Head sculpture “ntadi” with the object ID 3037138 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 438.

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Comparing literature

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


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