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Ancestor statue (1) - Wood - Bakongo - Congo

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Ancestor statue - Mbole - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Dimensions: 29,5 x 6,5 cmProvenance: Former N. De Kun Collection, Belgium, .Sothe-by's London, Primitive Art, 8th of July .Former Bruno Conti Collection, Brussels, .Former Jos Humblet Collection, Brussels-Sablon, . Ownership: L&Z Arts Gallery. Estimated age: Early 20th century.Material: wood. Mbole artists are renowned for their anthropomorphic figurines, with their hands on their hips, the shoulders projected frontwards, they represent a hangman called Ofika. This is why this piece is extremely rare, this is a figurine representing the ancestors, carved in a similar style; they are recognisable by their flatened shoulders and their horizontal feet, I invite you to discover a similar figurine in the book of J-B Bacquart, L'Art tribal d'Afrique Noire, P.145, Figure 4. Sold with a certificate of authenticity of the L&Z Arts Gallery. It can be viewed during the auction, upon appointment. Secured shipment or pick up at the gallery. Read more

Ancestor statue - Wood - Atauro Island

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Ancestor statue - Wood - Montol Mumuye - Nigeria

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Ancestor statue - Wood - Asmat - West-Papua (former Irian

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Ancestor statue - Wood - ancien couple DOGON du Toro Mali -

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Statue(s) - Wood - Luba - Congo

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Ancestor statue - Pierre - Bronze base - Sumba, Indonesia

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Figurine Ba Congo - Wood - Congo R D

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Figurine Ba Congo - Wood - Congo R D

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pipe (1) - Wood - Chokwe - Congo

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2 Ancestor wall masks - Wood - Sepik- Wood - Papua New

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Moba ancestor statuette - Wood - Togo

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A statue of Saint Giovannino - 1 - Wood - Second half 19th

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A large statue of Saint Barbara (1) - Wood - 19th century

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Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes 1-12

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes Read more

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes 1-12

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes Read More

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes 1-12

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes 1-12

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes 1-12

Bound copies of The Ancestor: volumes 1-12

Mask - Wood - Congo

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Mask - Wood - Songye - Congo

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Mask - Wood - Pende - Congo

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Figure - Wood - Mbole - Congo

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Mask - Wood - Pende - Congo

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Mask - Wood - Lega - Congo

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