Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Tabwa · ID: 3042344

Name: Standing male figure
SKU: 3042344
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

German Private Collection, collected in situ (1983-1985)

Size

H: 60,5 cm

H: 23.8 inch

Description

heavy wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, compact body, both hands resting on the belly, spherical head with heart-shaped facial plane, flattened chin and fine carved coiffure, min. dam., insect caused missing parts (base, coiffure), fine cracks, traces of abrasion;
Tabwa sculpture found its sources in two worlds, Luba to the west and north and Azania to the east and south. From the Luba they borrowed clan ancestor figures, sometimes in pairs, and kept in special shrines. Present figure might well have been the male part of such a couple.

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3042344 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 482.

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