Small standing figure · D. R. Congo, Songe, Sankuru/Lubefu region · ID: 3041945
John A. Buxton, Dallas, USA
Private Collection
Pace Gallery, New York, USA
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, rich brown shiny patina, slender body with extremely elongated arms, accurately carved facial features with grooved coiffure, on cubic base;
present figure can be located in the Sankuru and Lufebu region because of certain style characteristics: above all the prominent form of the mouth and the distinct Philtrum (groove between nose and mouth), the curved hairline, the columnar neck and the large feet (compare Neyt, 2004, ill. 101).
The object Small standing figure with the object ID 3041945 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 427.
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Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Songye, Brussels 2004, p. 126 ff.