Male ancestor figure "singiti" ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3038096

Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, remains pf pigments, both hands resting on the bulging belly, crowned by a head with tribe-typical facial features, beard and three-parted coiffure, min. dam., small missing parts (base), slight traces of abrasion

The object Male ancestor figure “singiti” with the object ID 3038096 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 449 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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