Native Auction catalogue January 2015

Page 70

67 A Ngbaka figure

Wood and pigments - 22,5 cm D.R. Congo Ubangian figure standing on two short legs, arms along the cylindrical body, hexagonal face, a notched line running from the forehead down to the bridge of the nose showing the traditional scarification marks of the Ngbaka people, red pigments on the stomach. Provenance: Ex Julius Carlebach, New York, before 1964. Private Collection, Belgium.

₏ 7000 - 10 000


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