Male power figure, D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3038475

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Lot 386

79th Tribal Art Auction

Male power figure · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3038475

sold EUR 2,200

Provenance

Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium

Size

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

Comparing literature

Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 145, ill. 80

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