Standing male figure ·  R. D. Congo, Tabwa · ID: 3031749

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, high-legged, the hands resting on the chest, crowned by an oval head with big eyes and a cavity on top, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
the art of the Tabwa shows infleuences of Luba art, as well as influences of the Fipa and Nyamwezi.

Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 171, ill. 18