Prestige staff · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3041498
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 23 June 1986, lot 91Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 1995, lot 2
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Gary Ford, New York, USA
Size
H: 81,5 cm
H: 32.1 inch
Description
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, crowned by female janiform half figure, nearly identical bodies and facial features, drilled ear holes, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of usage
The object Prestige staff with the object ID 3041498 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 427 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 164, ill. 151
Publications
AHDRC: 0119995