Male power figure · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3038475
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Michel Koenig, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, fragmentary (forearms and -legs missing), rectangular cavity for the insertion of magical mass, eyes inset with porcelain (left one missing), characteristic beard and headgear, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Male power figure with the object ID 3038475 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 386 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.
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Comparing literature
Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 145, ill. 80