Staff · Angola, Lwimbi · ID: 3035537
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Provenance
Fernando Moncado, Lisbon, PortugalSize
H: 59,5 cm
H: 23.4 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, metal tags, crowned by a janiform head with varying facial features, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the Lwimbi are a small ethnic group living in Angola to the south of the Songo on the banks of the Cuanza with the Chokwe. Only a few art works are known from the Lwimbi which are strongly influenced by the latter.