Standing male ancestor figure "singiti" · D. R. Congo, Hemba · ID: 3038836
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, powerful appearance with broad square-edged shoulders, strong arms and extremely massive neck, the bearded head rather small in contrast, provided with regular noble facial features, fragmentary condition: the figure is hollowed by termites, but looks nearly complete, missing parts at the base, base
The object Standing male ancestor figure “singiti” with the object ID 3038836 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 471 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,200.
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