Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba-Kalundwe
not available anymore
Provenance
Alain Naoum, Brussels, BelgiumBelgian Private Collection
Native, Brussels, 23 January 2016, lot 79
Size
H: 119 cm
H: 46.9 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, entirely wrapped with strips of metal sheet, eyes of the kneeling figure with metal inlay, decorating nails, iron tip, slightly dam., base.
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 162 f.Publications
Beaulieux, Dick, Belgium collects African Art, Brussels 2000, p. 273AHDRC: 0031297