Bembe figure
5.7 inches
early 20th century
wood, porcelain
ex Frans Olbrechts (1899-1958), Belgium - Former director of the Congo Museum at Tervuren, Belgium in 1947 (now the Royal Museum for Central Africa)
ex private collection, Belgium 1959 to 2004
ex Noble and Jean Endicott, NY
ex Fred Hanley, UK
From a private US collection
AHDRC object # ao-0012849-001
A finely carved male Bembe figure holding a blade in one hand and a bottle in the other. The scarifications on the belly are finely rendered and the figure has a very strong face.
$SOLD
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