MILLON
164
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Bust with round belly Wood, old brown patina, fetish materia…
See original version (French)
164
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Bust with round belly Wood, old brown patina, fetish materia…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Bust
with round belly
Wood, old brown patina, fetish material, marks of use
Luba Songye, Democratic Republic of Congo
23 × 8.5 × 11 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.
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