Zemanek-Münster

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


The object Male ancestor figure “singiti” with the object ID 3041706 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 408 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,200.

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Publications

AHDRC: 0029305


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