Standing male/female couple · D. R. Congo, Biombo/Kete/Kuba · ID: 3041025
American Private Collection, New York
Description
bright and light wood, reddish brown patina, black colour accents, both figures have narrow shoulders and short arms which are carved close to the body, navel and genitals of the female especially accentuated, the most striking feature of the male figure is the big elongated head with conical protruding eyes and large nose, both figures wear individual scarification marks on the temples, the male figure carved with superstructure, both figures dam. and with some missing parts (feet, headdress), traces of old age and weathering, especially marked by cracks and abrasion of paint, both mounted on pedestal
The object Standing male/female couple with the object ID 3041025 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 377.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 325