Standing male figure "mukuya" · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3040222
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, FranceSize
H: 14,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, blackened in parts, raised scarification marks, eyes with white porcelain inlay, with both hands holding a calabash, drilled hole (crypto fetish), min. dam., fine cracks at the back, slight traces of abrasion, base;
The object Standing male figure “mukuya” with the object ID 3040222 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 454 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 108