Rare metal figure
D. R. Congo, Teke
not available anymore
Provenance
Raoul Lehuard, Arnouville, FranceAlain Lecomte, Paris, France
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (1996)
Size
H: 14,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch
Description
copper alloy (bronze, brass), base
An almost identical figure shown by R. Lehuard, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 373/ right (AHDRC 0013516).
According to Lehuard the western face of this figure is based on a kind of pipe bowl, “La Bretonne”, made in France, that circulated on the coast of Africa from the middle of the 19th century till the beginning of the 20th century.
Publications
Lehuard, Raoul, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 373 (right)AHDRC: 0134002