Post figure "lagala"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
not available anymore
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, BelgiumZemanek-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.
Comparing literature
Cornet, Joseph, A survey of Zairan Art, The Bronson Collection, Raleigh 1978, p. 310 f.Publications
AHDRC: 0028168