Small standing female figure ·  R. D. Congo, Bemba · ID: 3039771

Description

light brown wood, firmly standing on big feet, with both arms raised and the hands resting at the back of the head, proportionally big head with accentuated cut facial features, incised vertical tattoo on forehead and nose ridge, cross tattoos on the cheeks and dotted tattoos at the temples, slightly dam.

Littérature comparée

Felix (Marc L.), "100 Peoples of Zaïre and their Sculpture. The Handbook", Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987:8

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