Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Standing male figure

D. R. Congo, Tabwa
sold EUR 800
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany
Size
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

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