Stamding female figure ·  D. R. Congo, Pende, East · ID: 3032110

Description

wood, polychrome paint, conical base, thin legs supporting a stocky body with broad shoulders, a strong columnar neck supporting a rather small head with tribe-typical facial features and hat-like coiffure, additions missing, dam., cracks, missing parts (hands), slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
Pende figures are rare, but show the same facial features like the masks. Figures like the present one were posted on the roof tops of chief’s houses for adornment.

The object Stamding female figure with the object ID 3032110 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 424 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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