Small standing female figure · D. R. Congo, Bemba · ID: 3039771
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 July 2009, lot 510
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
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.
The object Small standing female figure with the object ID 3039771 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 238 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.
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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.