Standing figure · D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi · ID: 3035980

Name: Standing figure
SKU: 3035980
Price: 10000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 10,000

Provenance

Edouard d’Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901 - 1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects.
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 34 cm

H: 13.4 inch

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, two strings of glass beads, with overlong arms framing the upper part of the body, cascade-like coiffure, animal horn in the parting, min. dam., cracks, base;
Shankadi is a style of a few sub-groups in the Shaba-(Katanga) region of the Luba Empire. The most important characteristic of the Shankadi style is the cascading hairdo, that with slight variations, marks all figures and heads on rods, axes, oracles, stools and neckrests.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3035980 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 417 achieved a sales price of EUR 10,000.

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