Muzidi / Niombo doll figure - Bembe - DR Congo

Powerful ancestor figure from the Babembe people of DR Congo. Good aged patina with beautifull scarifications pn the belly. The function of Bembe art is said to be primarily concerned with contacting

Height: 9.75" Width: 5.5" Depth: 4.5" Weight: 2 lbs This Bemembe figure features a double sided carved mouthless face.

Diameter 21 cm. " A slit drum is a hollow percussion instrument. In spite of the name, it is not a true drum but an idiophone, usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or

Woven cotton textile sculpture featuring a seated ancestor with textile facial features and rope regalia. Reliquary figures called muzidi are basically cloth dolls which typically feature red cloth, b

16 Figur Teke, DR Kongo Gesockelt / with custom base Holz. H 21,5 cm Provenienz: Nachlass Sammlung Klaus Clausmeyer, Köln. (*1887; †1968) Persönliche Schutzfigur, welche das Gute förderte und das

A Hemba janus figure. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. 20th century. Wood. 12 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2". Condition: includes stand. Insect damage, cracks, and chipping present throughout

A TRIBAL YAKA FIGURE. DR Congo. 12cm x 9cm x 41cm

This mid to late 20th-century, 19" carved wood fetish figure is from the Kongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The torso is embedded with fetish bundles and impaled with nails.

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 12.5" Width: 3" Depth: 3.25" Weight: 1.25 lbs A beautiful standing female figure with arms on her abdomen. There is gorgeous diamond shaped carved d

DESCRIPTION: Wooden carved Kifwebe teaching figure, Songye, D.R. Congo. Wears customary costume for initiation ceremony: Blackened fiber strips attached to a row of holes on the bottom of the mask, a

AZANDE DOLL FIGURE CONGO CENTRAL AFRICA

DESCRIPTION: Lega Figure. Angular legs tapering to the torso with truncated arms, the sloping shoulders supporting the head with scooped, heart-shaped facial plane, notched mouth and coffee-bean eyes.

A FANTASTICAL FIGURE BEMBE CONGO CENTRAL AFRICA

A Pende maternity figure, D.R. Congo, depicting a mother with child on her hip and representing the fertility and the continuing lineage of the tribe, covered in red pigment and black, classically dis

Early 20th C. Kalebwe Type Songye Nkisi Figure. D.R. Congo. Wood with sheet and forged copper; brass tack and fiber. The figure shows disintegration and old insect damage, especially along the left si

Kongo Peoples, Nkisi fetish figure, DR Congo, carved and pigmented wood, glass, vegetable fiber, with attached fetish bundles, charge in belly, and glass eyes, 15"h

Katanga Peoples, (2) cross currencies and figure, DR Congo, copper alloy, (2) X-shaped cast ingot Katanga Crosses, together with a large wrapped forged iron human-shaped currency, 19"h (largest), 9"h

Hemba or Luba style figure, D.R. Congo, 20th century, depicted standing with hands on hips, 24.5"h

Western Pende wood and fiber Dancer figures, D.R. Congo, Central Africa, 20th C. Heights: 9.75 / 8.75 in.

Title: Small House Mask, Bembe people, DR Congo Date/Period: Mid 20th c Origin: Dr Congo Dimension: 13.5 x 6.5 x 3 Tribe/Designer/Artist: Bembe Reserve: $321.75 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $29.25

Large Nkisi fetish figure - BACONGO - D.R. Congo - BACONGO - D.R. Congo Mid 20th century Wood, rope, horn, glass 51 cm Nkisi fetish of the Bakongo tribe D.R. Congo. An elaborate head with a big body a

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 8" Width: 3" Depth: 3.25" Weight: 0.5 lb An interesting Kuba male figure featuring a human head that is attached to a pair of legs.

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 20.25" Width: 5.25" Depth: 5.25" Weight: 4.75 lbs A standing Songye figure with a large animal horn on top of its head. It has been wrapped with raf

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 11.5" Width: 7" Depth: 6" Weight: 2.5 lbs A Songye figure inside of a bowl. The figure has metal rings around its neck and encrustation on the exter