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Female bust with multicoloured glass beads
Wood, old brown p…
See original version (French)
162
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Female bust with multicoloured glass beads
Wood, old brown p…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Female bust
with multicoloured glass beads
Wood, old brown patina, horn, glass beads and cords, marks of use
Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo
16 × 6.5 × 7 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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