Standing female figure · R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3039563
Vendu
700 €
Description
ivory, tribe-typical head, min. dam., fine cracks;
the shape of the deformed head reflects the practice to bandage the childrens heads to achieve a prominent back of the head, which corresponds to the current ideal of beauty the Mangbetu aristocracy always had.
Littérature comparée
Yale Archive No. 0065616 (comparable object, probably same carver)