Rare charm · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3038205
sold
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, SwedenSize
H: 6 cm
H: 2.4 inch
Description
ivory, polished, pigment remains, in form of an anthropomorphic figure wearing a “mbuya” mask, holes for attachment, min. dam., small missing parts, base;
probably intended for healing purposes.
Comparing literature
Beaulieux, Dick, Belgium collects African Art, Brussels 2000, p. 199 Utotombo - L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Bruxelles 1988, p. 215, ill. 184