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Fetish bust showing an ancestor with a round belly.
See original version (French)
9
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Fetish bust showing an ancestor with a round belly.
See original version (French)
Estimate €50 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
Fetish bust
showing an ancestor with a round belly.
Wood, old thick brown patina, remnant of fetish material in the cavity at the top of the head.
Luba - Hemba, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Height: 11.3 cm
Provenance:
Collected in Katanga (Belgian Congo) between 1952 and 1970 by Charles Mahauden, a Belgian colonial administrator nicknamed Kisongokimo by the Grand Chief of the Baluba.
Author of : Mahauden, Charles, Kisongokimo - Chasse et magie chez les Balubas, Paris, Flammarion, coll. "L'Aventure vécue", 1965, 252 p.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
A journey through the continents
Auction location
Auction time
06/04/2026 at 12:00 PM
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