Figure d´ancêtre feminine debout
Gabon/R. D. Congo, Mbete
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Provenance
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, ParisTaille
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, pink pigment, brown patina, small face with deep cut rectangular face halves underneath a high rising flat forehead, drilled hole, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint, base.
The Mbete (Ambete) are an ethnic group belonging to the southern Kota, and having their homeland partly in eastern Gabon, partly in the Republic of Congo.
Littérature comparée
Leon Siroto, East of the Atlantic West of the Congo, San Francisco 1995, ill. 30Publications
AHDRC: 0150591