Post figure "lagala" · D. R. Congo, Hemba · ID: 3041838

Name: Post figure "lagala"
SKU: 3041838
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, lot 412
French Private Collection, Paris

Size

H: 116 cm

H: 45.7 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, camwood powder, head with voluminous coiffure and neck lobe, notched beard, narrow eyes flanked by ornamentally arranged ears, hole in the apex, slightly dam., cracks (breast, area of the head), traces of weathering and insect caused damage at the bottom, base;
tall cylindrical posts with anthropomorphic heads are found in the villages of many ethnic groups, even among the neighbouring Tabwa. They should protect the village and its leader.

The object Post figure “lagala” with the object ID 3041838 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 367.

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