23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 49
 

A Luba double bowl bearer, Mboko, Democratic Republic of Congo, carved as a kneeling female with sculpted coiffure, strings of coloured glass beads and body scarifications, the bowls with applied studs, 56cm and a Luba/Hemba standing male figure, with coloured glass beaded necklace on circular base, 67cm overall, and a Luba caryatid stool, the kneeling female with sculpted coiffure and body scarifications, supporting a circular seat, 36.5cm

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

Sold for £130


 

A Luba double bowl bearer, Mboko, Democratic Republic of Congo, carved as a kneeling female with sculpted coiffure, strings of coloured glass beads and body scarifications, the bowls with applied studs, 56cm and a Luba/Hemba standing male figure, with coloured glass beaded necklace on circular base, 67cm overall, and a Luba caryatid stool, the kneeling female with sculpted coiffure and body scarifications, supporting a circular seat, 36.5cm

Provenance

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

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