Standing female figure · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3037729
Mon Steyaert, Brussels, Belgium
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Description
light brown wood, mat black patina, heavy hanging breasts and massive round shoulders, thin arms flanking the body, the massive neck carrying a head with deformed back and a special coiffure with shaved edges above the forehead, incised scarifications in concentrical lines and geometrical figures on abdomen and buttocks, rest. (base), minor missing parts, traces of old insect caused damage (preabdomen), paint rubbed off, base
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3037729 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 435 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Cornet, Joseph, A survey of Zairan Art, The Bronson Collection, Raleigh 1978, p. 249, ill. 140