Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 276

A Kuyu head kebe kebe Democratic Republic of the Congo the coiffure pierced for feathers

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

A Kuyu head kebe kebe

Democratic Republic of the Congo

the coiffure pierced for feathers, with facial scarifications and filed teeth, with pigment decoration, the back with later scratched initials A B,

54.5cm high, on a stand. (2)

Provenance

Christie's, Paris, Art Africain et Oceanien, 4 Dec 2008, lot 166, part.