Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 201
A Songye power half figure
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1800
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Description
A Songye power half figure
Democratic Republic of the Congo
with an inset horn to the top of the head, and carved with narrow slit eyes and a deep cut nose, protruding lips and a beard, the arms either side of the abdomen with an inset tack, wearing an iron neck ring hung with a bell, clapper and cone, and a fabric bound waist on a flared base,
19cm high, inset into a wood base. (2)
Provenance
Romy Rey Collection, London.