23rd Aug, 2022 9:30
Ethnographic Art
A Kusu Janus half figure, Democratic Republic of Congo, the gourd top bound in woven natural fibre and earth, above a male and female janiform figure, the female with body scarifications, both figures with the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, 44.7cm; and a further Kusu type half figure, the head supporting cloth bound bishimba, with stylised coiffure, the hands touching a swollen abdomen, 49.5cm
The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.
Sold for £100
A Kusu Janus half figure, Democratic Republic of Congo, the gourd top bound in woven natural fibre and earth, above a male and female janiform figure, the female with body scarifications, both figures with the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, 44.7cm; and a further Kusu type half figure, the head supporting cloth bound bishimba, with stylised coiffure, the hands touching a swollen abdomen, 49.5cm
ProvenanceThe Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.
