Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Kusu/Hemba · ID: 3041867

Name: Standing male figure
SKU: 3041867
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Lawson B. Mooney (1922-1998), Boston/Montauban, USA/France

Size

H: 57 cm

H: 22.4 inch

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, triangular facial plane, flat incised facial features, elongated waisted trunk flanked by free carved arms, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts (foot zone), base;
the Kusu live in the eastern central Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their art is strongly influenced by the Hemba and the Luba in the south. Sculpture focusses on ancestor figures, which clearly remind of the “singiti” ancestor figures of the Hemba.

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3041867 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 380.

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