Zemanek-Münster

Small standing female figure

D. R. Congo, Bemba
sold EUR 850
Provenance
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Zemanek-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

Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 91 f.

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