Seated bowl bearer "mboko"
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Provenance
Artcurial, Paris, 7 June 2004, lot 102Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 34,5 cm
L: 27,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch
L: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, elongated limbs and striking big hands, a string of glass beads around the hips, unusual facial features with slanting eyes, elaborate carved eyelashes and smiling mouth, coiffure in four knob-shaped lobes, rest. (breakage left leg, chest), small missing parts (coiffure), fine cracks, traces of abrasion