A fine Hemba male figure

standing, the torso with a protruding abdomen, the waist encircled by a fiber skirt and scarifications carved in low relief, the shelf-like chest framed by undulated arms to the sides, the head with a mask-like face framed by a dentil-molded beard, the protruding lenticular mouth beneath the pointed nose and large coffee-bean eyes and wearing a backswept cruciform coiffure; fine, aged and softly worn deep brown patina.

Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels

Philippe Ratton, Paris

Merton D. Simpson, New York