A pair of Ngata/Nkundu anthropomorphic reliquaries, Democratic Republic of Congo, 20th century, carved as a male and a female, each with pronounced ears painted with red pigment and elongated necks, both with scarifications to the face, the male with a fibrous beard, the female with fibrous earrings, each with a rectangular body with arms by the sides, on short legs and feet, traces of black pigment to the heads, the male 230cm, the female 200cm
The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection
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A pair of Ngata/Nkundu anthropomorphic reliquaries, Democratic Republic of Congo, 20th century, carved as a male and a female, each with pronounced ears painted with red pigment and elongated necks, both with scarifications to the face, the male with a fibrous beard, the female with fibrous earrings, each with a rectangular body with arms by the sides, on short legs and feet, traces of black pigment to the heads, the male 230cm, the female 200cm
ProvenanceThe Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection