Female dignitary - D. R. Congo, Yombe
wood, pigments, mirror glass, base
A piece from the same workshop / artist, see AHDRC 0205389.
The figure depicts a woman of high rank, as evidenced by her mitre-shaped hairstyle alone. Furthermore, she is richly adorned with intricate, knob-like scarifications, and her teeth have been ritually filed down. She may well embody the founder of a clan, known as the ‘mother of the lineage’ – "ngudi" – and would then have been kept in the dwelling of a clan chief.
H: 35 cm, H: 13,8 inch
Provenance:
Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 May 2013, lot 435
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
AHDRC: 0203241
Lit.: Neyt, François, Fleuve Congo, Paris 2010, ill. 214
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 101 ff.
Condition
See description
wood, pigments, mirror glass, base
A piece from the same workshop / artist, see AHDRC 0205389.
The figure depicts a woman of high rank, as evidenced by her mitre-shaped hairstyle alone. Furthermore, she is richly adorned with intricate, knob-like scarifications, and her teeth have been ritually filed down. She may well embody the founder of a clan, known as the ‘mother of the lineage’ – "ngudi" – and would then have been kept in the dwelling of a clan chief.
H: 35 cm, H: 13,8 inch
Provenance:
Philippe & Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 May 2013, lot 435
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
AHDRC: 0203241
Lit.: Neyt, François, Fleuve Congo, Paris 2010, ill. 214
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 101 ff.
Condition
See description
