Standing figure · D. R. Congo, Metoko · ID: 3032453
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, stylized body, cylindrical head with indicated eyes and rectangular head crest, ornaments in flat relief, slightly dam., on plate;
presumably a “kasimbi” figure which are placed in circumcision huts.
The object Standing figure with the object ID 3032453 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 125 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 111