African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 228

A Kuyu head kebe kebe

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £420

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Description

A Kuyu head kebe kebe

Democratic Republic of the Congo

the coiffure with a radiating circle and pierced for feathers, scarifications to the forehead and with filed teeth, with pigment decoration,

53cm high, on a stand. (2)

Provenance

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