Lot 130
  • 130

Songye Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • cowrie, wood, metal, waterbuck antelope
  • Height: 21 in (53.3 cm)
the eyes inlaid with Cowrie (Cypraea moneta) shells, the head and waist with attachments of Common Waterbuck Antelope (Kobus ellisiprymnus) hide.

Provenance

Patricia Withofs, London
Allan Stone, New York

Exhibited

The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, Power Incarnate: Allan Stone's Collection of Sculpture from the Congo, May 14 - September 4, 2011 

Literature

Martha Schwendener, "Ritual Power, Gathered at the Bruce", The New York Times, July 10, 2011, CT10
Kevin D. Dumouchelle, Power Incarnate: Allan Stone's Collection of Sculpture from the Congo, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2011, p. 62, cat. 39
No author, "Power Incarnate: Allan Stone's Collection of Sculpture from the Congo," Tribal Art Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 5, May 2011, p. 5, fig. 5
Jonathan Fogel, "Power Sculpture from the Congo", Tribal Arts Magazine, No. 60, Summer 2011, p. 39