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.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 111