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A Benalulua Crouching Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
the skeletal figure with bent legs, elbows resting on the knees, one hole on the top and one smaller hole on the back of the coiffure for the insertion of magical substance; aged, glossy and slightly encrusted black patina.
Provenance
Marcel Bronsin, Brussels
Acquired from the above, 1980s
Acquired from the above, 1980s
Literature
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 437, fig. 1128