Property of various owners
A fine Hemba double figure
Democratic Republic of Congo, in the form of a single torso, with Janus faces and arms; the waist covered with hide, attached with a native fiber. The faces delicately rendered in classical style. Top of the head filled with a ritual charge, overall variegated oiled surface.
height 15 ½in
height 15 ½in
Sold for
US$ 8,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Pace Gallery, New York
Published:
African Accumulative Sculpture, Pace Gallery. 1974. fig. 157
Category: Ethnographic Art / Tribal
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