Lot 222
  • 222

STATUE, KUYU, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO |

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • haut. 34 cm ; 13 3/8 in

Provenance

Collection Serge Reggiani (1922-2004), Paris
Pierre Dartevelle, Bruxelles
Collection Marceau Rivière, Paris

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. The sculpted pattern of the headdress is very well preserved as well as the other scarifications to the head and belly. As visible in the catalogue, there is abrasion and wear to the pattern at the front of the headdress. The front of both feet are missing. Dry caramel patina.
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Catalogue Note

Contrairement aux têtes/marionnettes encore utilisées dans les danses kyebe kyebe et illustrant classiquement l'art des Kuyu, les statues en pied sont rares. Différentes des marottes pourvues d'un piétement conique, elles sont interprétées comme des statues d'ancêtres. "Portraits" idéalisés, elles traduisent l'importance fondamentale, dans le système de valeurs traditionnelles Kuyu, des signes corporels arrangés par la main de l'homme (peintures, scarifications, ornements, dents limées et parure de tête). Ici, le type de coiffe, de même que les couleurs ocre naturelles, attestent de l'ancienneté de l'œuvre.