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Congo Drc NIce Anthropomorphic NGBAKA wooden Figure African Tribal Art 2082

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Title: Congo Drc NIce Anthropomorphic NGBAKA wooden Figure African Tribal Art 2082

Description: TRIBALART BE - AFRICAN TRIBAL ART GALLERY - LA LOUVIERE - BELGIUM
GALERIE DE LA LOUVE
CONGO RDC

NGBAKA Figure

Beautiful and powerful statue
To see a sculpture with very similar architecture, see Christie's Paris, Art Africain et Océanien, December 2007, Lot 267
Posture, proportions, hairstyle, mouth, scarifications on the cheeks, hands, etc.
The Ngbaka or Bwaka live in the north of the Congo, in the Ubangi area

They are the neighbors of the Ngbandi, the Ngombe and the Ngata

Characteristics:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, figure

ETHNICAL GROUP: Ngbaka, Bwaka

ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
MATÉRIAL: Wood

DIMENSIONS: About 10 inches high

12 " with the base

CONDITION: Medium

Please have a look on the pictures.

Bibliographie - Bibliography

- Ubangi, dir. Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers, Fonds mercator, 2007
- Christie's Paris, Art Africain et Océanien, December 2007, Lot 267

Reserve: $700.00

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Congo Drc NIce Anthropomorphic NGBAKA wooden Figure African Tribal Art 2082

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