Standing figure · R. D. Congo, Metoko · ID: 3032453
Vendu
500 €
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanyDescription
wood, reddish brown patina, stylized body, cylindrical head with indicated eyes and rectangular head crest, ornaments in flat relief, slightly dam., on plate;
presumably a “kasimbi” figure which are placed in circumcision huts.
Littérature comparée
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 111