Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day Two - 18th September 2025
Lot 562
A Kuyu kebe kebe head
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Description
A Kuyu kebe kebe head
Democratic Republic of the Congo
carved with a pangolin crest, with its long tail running down the back of the head, with three panels of facial scarifications, filed teeth and the bottom lip with hair and resin with a nailed piece of leather, above a pendant collar, with pigment decoration,
70.5cm high.
Provenance
Frank Dalvin, London.