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Male ancestor figure "singiti", D. R. Congo, Hemba, Nkuvu Style, Size: H: 59 cm (H: 23.2 inch), ID: 3045667
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Lot 107
92nd Tribal Art Auction

Male ancestor figure "singiti" ·  D. R. Congo, Hemba, Nkuvu Style · ID: 3045667

sold EUR 3,500
Provenance
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 59 cm
H: 23.2 inch

Description

wood, fabric (cotton), magical charge (head), sacrificial traces, fragmentary (legs missing), base

The object Male ancestor figure “singiti” with the object ID 3045667 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 107 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.

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Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, La Grande Statuaire Hemba du Zaire, Louvain-la-Neuve 1977, p. 238

Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrika, Maske und Skulptur, Olten 1989, ill. 93

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