African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 163
A Songye power figure
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500
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Description
A Songye power figure
Democratic Republic of the Congo
with an inset horn to the crown of the head and cowrie shells to the eye sockets, with a swollen abdomen having a charge recess and a tied raffia rope above,
80.5cm high, on a base.
Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium.
Adolfo Bartolomucci Collection, Italy.
Bertolami Fine Art, Rome, Italy
Private Collection, London, UK.