Small standing female figure · D. R. Congo, Bemba · ID: 3039771
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Alex Arthur, Brussels, BelgiumZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 July 2009, lot 510
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 13 cm
H: 5.1 inch
Description
light brown wood, firmly standing on big feet, with both arms raised and the hands resting at the back of the head, proportionally big head with accentuated cut facial features, incised vertical tattoo on forehead and nose ridge, cross tattoos on the cheeks and dotted tattoos at the temples, slightly dam.
Comparing literature
Felix (Marc L.), "100 Peoples of Zaïre and their Sculpture. The Handbook", Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987:8