Standing male ancestor figure "singiti" ·  D. R. Congo, Hemba · ID: 3039726

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of black paint, typical posture, particular beautiful “noble” facial features with elongated slightly bent nose bridge, hairline and beard accentuated in a raised notched line, old collection number handwritten in white paint “70391” backside, slightly dam., fine cracks, traces of insect caused damage (above all backside), base

The object Standing male ancestor figure “singiti” with the object ID 3039726 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 438.

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