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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
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
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