23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 159
 

A group of Luba/Hemba figures, Democratic Republic of Congo, comprising three Janus figures, the females with body scarifications, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, 27.5cm - 33.5cm; a figure group with a man seated on the shoulders of another, coloured glass beads around his neck, the figure below with woven natural fibres around his waist, 44cm; a standing bearded figure, 29.5cm and a seated male figure with his head resting in his hands, 23cm

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

Sold for £180


 

A group of Luba/Hemba figures, Democratic Republic of Congo, comprising three Janus figures, the females with body scarifications, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, 27.5cm - 33.5cm; a figure group with a man seated on the shoulders of another, coloured glass beads around his neck, the figure below with woven natural fibres around his waist, 44cm; a standing bearded figure, 29.5cm and a seated male figure with his head resting in his hands, 23cm

Provenance

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

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