Standing female figure with a hoe ·  Angola, Chokwe · ID: 3046618

Description

wood, rest.

The hole in the figures navel once contained substances to engage the ancestors supernatural powers on behalf of the owner.

The figure wears a distinctive headgear/ haircut with concentric grooved pattern/ hair strands. Face and body are richly decorated with scarification marks.

A comparable, albeit larger figure, illustrated in Cornet (1978), p. 144 (see also AHDRC 0000212). Headdress, facial features and scarification marks show similarities.

The object Standing female figure with a hoe with the object ID 3046618 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 361.

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Comparing literature

Cornet, Joseph, A survey of Zairan Art, The Bronson Collection, Raleigh 1978, p. 145