Scraper - D. R. Congo, Lele

Description

wood, pigments, metal, base

For comparable object see ADHRC 0216522.
H: 30,5 cm, H: 12,0 inch

Provenance:
Collected by the father of Steve Hoffman, who served in the Peace Corps in the DR Congo during the 1960s - 1970s
Steve Hoffman, USA

Continent: Africa

Condition

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Scraper - D. R. Congo, Lele

Lot 0372

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Auction 106

Apr 25, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Wurzburg, Germany, Germany

Hair pin - D. R. Congo, Luba, artist: Kiloko of Bussangu: wood, For a comparable work by the artist Kiloko, see AHDRC 0030456. H: 16 cm, H: 6,3 inch Provenance: Belgian Private Collection Continent: Africa

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Male female janus head - D. R. Congo, Luba: wood, pigments, base "Kabeja" figures are seen as visual icon of the primordial couple, the founders of the society ("abeja" = woman, "makua" = man). H: 43,5 cm, H: 17,1 inch Provenance: Henricus

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Anthropomorphic figure "lupingu iwa bwimpe" - D. R. Congo, Lulua: wood, pigmente, base H: 11,3 cm, H: 4,4 inch Provenance: Noble & Jean Endicott, New York, USA Craig de Lora, New Jersey, USA Lit.: Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p.

4 days LeftAnthropomorphic figure "lupingu iwa bwimpe" - D. R. Congo, Lulua

Standing figure - D. R. Congo, Southern Congo, between Kasai and Sankuru Rivers, Bena Lulua, Bakwa: wood, thick encrusted patina of pigment residues (red and white), handwritten collection no.: "HKB3309", base In his publication Southern Kasai Hands, Kellim Brown conducted extensive field research

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4 days LeftAnthropomorphic ritual implement - D. R. Congo, Mangbetu

Narrow shield - D. R. Congo, Mongo: wood, rattan, H: 121 cm, H: 47,6 inch Lit.: Barbier, Jean Paul & Purissima Benitez-Johannot, Shields, Munich, London, New York 2000, p. 81 Continent: Africa

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Anthropomorphic flute - D. R. Congo, Ngbandi: wood, H: 10 cm, H: 3,9 inch Continent: Africa

4 days LeftAnthropomorphic flute - D. R. Congo, Ngbandi

Rare metal "ikhoko" - D. R. Congo, Pende: Used during healing rites, worn around the neck in order to protect the patient. Presented as trophy after the initiation of young boys as well. "ikhoko" pendants of metal are extremly rare! H: 4,8

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Dance crest - D. R. Congo, Salampasu: wood, pigments, These dances were performed at almost all celebrations, especially funerals, as well as at festivals intended to preserve the vitality and fertility of the villagers. H: 16 cm, H: 6,3

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Anthropomorphic power figure "nkishi" (pl. "mankishi") - D. R. Congo, Songye: wood, red pigment, H: 28 cm, H: 11,0 inch Provenance: Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 December 1987, Lot 391 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2002) AHDRC: 0205449 Continent: Africa

4 days LeftAnthropomorphic power figure "nkishi" (pl. "mankishi") - D. R. Congo, Songye

Mask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi" - D. R. Congo, Songye: wood, pigments, old collection label “176[1?]” H: ca. 35,5 cm, H: ca. 14,0 inch Provenance: Mortimer Shapiro, New York, USA (by 1958) Private Collection Published In: Segy, Ladislas, African

4 days LeftMask "kifwebe", female type "kikashi" - D. R. Congo, Songye

Magical figure - D. R. Congo, Suku / Yaka: wood, pigments, fiber, fur,cowrie, sacrificial patina, traces of insect caused damage, base An exceptional figure, distinguished especially by the preservation of its original paraphernalia. These

4 days LeftMagical figure - D. R. Congo, Suku / Yaka

Janus power figure "mpwau" - D. R. Congo, Teke: wood, blackened in parts, rest. Lehuard, who discovered some of these rare Janus-shaped power figures, found them each time on influential people and religious leaders. His research in the field

4 days LeftJanus power figure "mpwau" - D. R. Congo, Teke

Maske "ndeemba" - D. R. Congo, Yaka: wood, pigments, base H: 29 cm, H: 11,4 inch Provenance: Belgian Colonial Collection Belgian Antique Dealer, Namur Belgian Private Collection AHDRC: 0217416 Continent: Africa

4 days LeftMaske "ndeemba" - D. R. Congo, Yaka

Reliquary guardian figure "boho-na-bwete" - Gabon, Kota, Haut-Ogoooué, Southern Obamba (Mbangwe): wood, metal sheet, For comparable works, presumably by the same artist, see AHDRC 0048118 and 0223602 (last of which was published by A. and F. Chaffin, 1979). Robert Lehuard, author of Notes d’un v

4 days LeftReliquary guardian figure "boho-na-bwete" - Gabon, Kota, Haut-Ogoooué, Southern Obamba (Mbangwe)

Figure of a hermaphrodite - Mali, Dogon: wood, pigments, base H: 47,5 cm, H: 18,7 inch Provenance: Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 31 October 2015, lot 192 AHDRC: 0126983 Continent: Afr

4 days LeftFigure of a hermaphrodite - Mali, Dogon

Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: wood, pigments, decorative nails, Portrait masks and their dancers imitate the behaviour of a particular person they represent. Important members of the community are honoured, caricatured or even cri

4 days LeftPortrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Standing female figure "blolo bla" - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: wood, glass beads, cloth, pigments, H: 43,5 cm, H: 17,1 inch Provenance: Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany Lit.: Ravenhill, Philip L., The Self and the Other, Lo

4 days LeftStanding female figure "blolo bla" - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule

Standing male figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro: wood, pigments, base For a comparable work from the same workshop see AHDRC 0058766. The Guro call figural sculptures "mi iri nä" - "small wooden persons". They are not associated with the ancestor c

4 days LeftStanding male figure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

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