Two anthropomorphic heads · D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku · ID: 3046910
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”.
The object Two anthropomorphic heads with the object ID 3046910 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 248 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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