Two anthropomorphic heads
D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Antoine Autru (1892-1966), colonial official in the Belgian Congo (1922-1937), collected in situ before 1937Christie’s, Paris, 10 December 2013, Lot 69
Lempertz, Brussels, 29 January 2020, Lot 134
Size
H: 9 cm
13,5 cm
H: 3.5 inch
5.3 inch
Description
wood, decorating brass tags,
Probably head pieces of anthropomorphic slit drums “nkoko ngombo”.
Publications
AHDRC: 0148693