Zemanek-Münster

Prestige staff ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3041498

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 23 June 1986, lot 91
Lucien 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


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