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 ong>theong> Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands ong>ofong> 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, .Soong>theong>-by's London, Primitive Art, 8th ong>ofong> 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 ong>theong>ir anthropomorphic figurines, with ong>theong>ir hands on ong>theong>ir hips, ong>theong> shoulders projected frontwards, ong>theong>y represent a hangman called ong>Ofong>ika. This is why this piece is extremely rare, this is a figurine representing ong>theong> ancestors, carved in a similar style; ong>theong>y are recognisable by ong>theong>ir flatened shoulders and ong>theong>ir horizontal feet, I invite you to discover a similar figurine in ong>theong> book ong>ofong> J-B Bacquart, L'Art tribal d'Afrique Noire, P.145, Figure 4. Sold with a certificate ong>ofong> auong>theong>nticity ong>ofong> ong>theong> L&Z Arts Gallery. It can be viewed during ong>theong> auction, upon appointment. Secured shipment or pick up at ong>theong> gallery. Read more