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
ProvenanceThe Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.