Small figure · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3042178
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, in Leopoldville Province in 1955)Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1995)
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 11,5 cm
H: 4.5 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, constricted facial features with prominent eyes, handwritten collection number on the backside of the base “Ya37”, slightly dam., base;
probably used as amulet figure (drilled hole at the coiffure broken out).