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Male ancestor figure "singiti", D. R. Congo, Luba/Hemba, Size: H: 48,5 cm (H: 19.1 inch), ID: 3041706
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Lot 408
85th Tribal Art Auction

Male ancestor figure "singiti" ·  D. R. Congo, Luba/Hemba · ID: 3041706

sold EUR 4,200
Provenance
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 7 December 1998, lot 194
Dave de Roche, San Francisco, USA
Christie’s, Paris, 11 June 2007, lot 150
Size
H: 48,5 cm
H: 19.1 inch

Description

wood, brown, slightly shiny patina, remains of pigments, fragmentary (leg zone and left side of the body partly missing through insect caused damage), fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base

Publications

AHDRC: 0029305

Africa
Figures

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