Male figure "okifa" · D. R. Congo, Mbole · ID: 3035523
Description
light wood, beamless dark brown patina, characteristic posture, flat heart-shaped facial plane with disc-shaped flattened headdress and beard, drilled holes in pairs in the back with remains of wooden sticks (so that they can be tied to a litter when displayed), sticker with collection label “M.H.1/43”, slightly dam. (face, finger tips, toes), rep. (left hand and both foot tips), metal socle
The object Male figure “okifa” with the object ID 3035523 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 383 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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