Standing female ancestor figure · Gabon/D. R. Congo, Mbete · ID: 3043504
Description
wood, kaolin, pink pigment, brown patina, small face with deep cut rectangular face halves underneath a high rising flat forehead, drilled hole, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint, base.
The Mbete (Ambete) are an ethnic group belonging to the southern Kota, and having their homeland partly in eastern Gabon, partly in the Republic of Congo.
The object Standing female ancestor figure with the object ID 3043504 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 368.
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Comparing literature
Leon Siroto, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, ill. 30
Publications
AHDRC: 0150591