23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 105
 

Three Luba Bilume kifwebe, Democratic Republic of Congo, a hardwood example with incised linear decoration continuing to around the nose and mouth, painted in white, red & black pigments, 36.5cm; another with square chevron panels to the cheeks with the short crest flanked by tapering panels on a reddish ground, 41cm, and another painted with black bands on a white linear carved ground, 38cm

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

Sold for £150


 

Three Luba Bilume kifwebe, Democratic Republic of Congo, a hardwood example with incised linear decoration continuing to around the nose and mouth, painted in white, red & black pigments, 36.5cm; another with square chevron panels to the cheeks with the short crest flanked by tapering panels on a reddish ground, 41cm, and another painted with black bands on a white linear carved ground, 38cm

Provenance

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

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