Three Songye power figures, Mankisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, each with horn charge, the taller figure with the rear of the head bound in animal skin and with applied studs to the face, as string of coloured glass beads and animal hide loincloth,66cm;
The standing female figure looking to the right, with applied brass studs, a nose ring, a string of coloured glass beads, cowrie shells embedded into the swollen abdomen and an animal skin loincloth, 62cm;
The half figure with a sheet of aluminium to the nose and forehead, feathers to the horn charge, a string of coloured glass beads, bund bishimba and animal skin, raised on an ebonised wood base, 44cm
The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.
Sold for £130
Three Songye power figures, Mankisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, each with horn charge, the taller figure with the rear of the head bound in animal skin and with applied studs to the face, as string of coloured glass beads and animal hide loincloth,66cm;
The standing female figure looking to the right, with applied brass studs, a nose ring, a string of coloured glass beads, cowrie shells embedded into the swollen abdomen and an animal skin loincloth, 62cm;
The half figure with a sheet of aluminium to the nose and forehead, feathers to the horn charge, a string of coloured glass beads, bund bishimba and animal skin, raised on an ebonised wood base, 44cm
ProvenanceThe Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.