A Luba Hemba standing female figure Democratic Republic of Congo with a disc and conical coiffure...

A Luba Hemba standing female figure

Democratic Republic of Congo

with a disc and conical coiffure with carved chevrons, the serene face with coffee bean eyes and pursed lips, with her hands placed on her breasts and with raised scarifications around her naval and lower back, the base with a paper label inscribed Fetiche du Chef M'Kalembure - Temburi (tribu des Baloubas) dans l'Urua _ Aout 1805,

46cm high, on a base. (2)

Provenance

Christie's, London, Tribal Art from the Collection of the late Joseph Mueller of Solothurn, Switzerland, Part II, March 20, 1979, lot 172.

Arte Primitivo, New York, #53, Fine Tribal and Pre-Columbian Art, 12 July 2009, lot 120.

Yale - van Rijn Archive, no. 0042731.

The date on the handwritten label appears to be an error of 1905.