Figure janus avec imposante coiffure ·  Angola / R. D. Congo, Zone frontalière, Région d'Ukwango, Kwese · ID: 3046410

Description

wood, rich oily reddish brown patina, deepenings with residues of mass in the ears

Probably once crowning the handle of a dignitary staff.

For three stylistically comparable works, all probably from the same region, see AHDRC 0148410, 0035387 and 0013479; the latter object, a figuratively carved staff, could come from the same workshop as the present figure.

Publications

AHDRC: 0170767