Ancestor figure – Wood – Teke – DR Congo

No Reserve! Title: Ancestor figure – Wood – Teke – DR Congo Provenance/Additional Info: he figures carved by Teke are characterized by slightly bent legs, a columnar torso framed by arms bent a

No Reserve! Title: Ancestor figure – Wood – Kusu – DR Congo Provenance/Additional Info: Beautiful male ancestor figure of the KUSU tribe from D.R. Congo. Kusu figures have the same kind of appea

Stylistic ancestor figure from the Mangbetu tribe of DR Congo. The figure has a typical high fan-shaped hairstyle and its body adorned with tattoos, the ideal of MANGBETU beauty. Mangbetu art is famou

Title: Ancestor figure - Wood - Ngbaka - Congo DRC Additional Information: Wooden ancestor figure from the Ngbaka people of DR Congo. Typical large round shaped head.The artistic style of their statue

Fine carved wooden broom with ancestor figure from the Yombe people, former Belgian Congo. Used during ceremonial purposes. The ancestor figure has a fine aged patina and a fine face expression. Condi

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

Title: Matomba Figure – Plant fibre, Wood – Teke – DR Congo Description: Powerful Matomba figure from the Teke tribe of DR Congo. The figures carved by Teke are characterized by slig

Authentic Songye figure. Stylistic wooden ancestor figure of the SONGYE tribe from D.R. Congo It served to protect the family against diseases, accidents, bad spirits and bewitchment. Large pieces lik

Very interesting Songye figure. Stylistic wooden ancestor figure of the SONGYE tribe from D.R. Congo It served to protect the family against diseases, accidents, bad spirits and bewitchment. Good cond

Title: Kidumu Pasport Mask (3)- Wood - Teke - DR Congo Description: Typical Kidumu pasport mask from the Teke community. In total 3 pieces This kind of masks were used in important meetings, at funera

Title: King ancestral figure - Wood - Ndengese - DR Congo Additional Information: Stylistic Ndengese King ancestral figure with nice varied patina. The stylistic similarities with the sculpture of the

Powerfull wooden Katanda figure from the Lega tribe of DR Congo. Within the context of the Bwami society one finds a number of fixed representations of important social themes. One is Katanda. Katanda

No Reserve! Title: Maternity figure – Wood – Yombe – DR Congo Provenance/Additional Info: The 300,000 YOMBE people are artistically prolific. Their maternity figures have a high pointed or round

Hemba Luba Figure. Carved wood. DR Congo. Size: 23"L (59 cm).

A heavily eroded old Hemba Ancestor figure, Hemba; D.R. CongoThe figure well carved and of good size with a majority of the surface eroded due to insect depredation after the statue was likely abandon

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

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.

Wood, ancient patina. Teke, D.R. of Congo. 10,5x3,5cm. Proveance : Private collection, Paris; ex collection Tom Peter, Amsterdam.

Wood, ancient pigments. Teke, D.R. of Congo. 38,5cm

70 Stehende männliche Figur Teke (?), DR Kongo Inagaki Sockel / Inagaki Base Holz. H 31 cm. Provenienz: - vermutl. Maria Wyss, Basel. - Hannah Salathé (1926-2012), Basel. - Schweizer Nachlass Basel.

Title: Zande ancestor wood figure - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art Type: Statue, figure, ancestor Date/Period: Second half 20th century Origin: DRC, Congo Dimension: 11,42 Inch Weight: 1,21 Pounds

Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), probably Kongo peoples, early 20th century CE. This is a hand carved dark wood figure of a man kneeling with hands over his eyes; there are details o

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

Two African Hemba/Luba, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood ancestor figures; each of male form; H: 35 1/2" (taller, approx.)