Standing figure ·  D. R. Congo, Sundi · ID: 3034066

Description

wood, brown patina, without feet rising from a round base, dressed with an apron and vestment made from striped cloth, the upper part of the body carved rather flat with short arms, the egg-shaped head with delicate carved facial features and visible teeth, framed by big ears, min. dam., crack (face), slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
the Sundi live in the northern estuary of the Zaire (Kongo). Like their neighbours they used to carve a great variety of fetish figures in different sizes and with different paraphernalias attached.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3034066 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 443.

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