Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Tabwa · ID: 3031749
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanySize
H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, high-legged, the hands resting on the chest, crowned by an oval head with big eyes and a cavity on top, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
the art of the Tabwa shows infleuences of Luba art, as well as influences of the Fipa and Nyamwezi.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 171, ill. 18