Lot 591

A CARVED WOOD POWER FIGURE AND ANOTHER MALE FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (2)

20th Century

Estimate: £100 - £150
Hammer price: £50
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

The first possibly Teke, with facial scarifications, short beard and a fetish recess to the torso, 71cm high; the second, possibly Luba or Songye, with coiffured hair and beard,  51cm high


Condition report: 

Losses to the feet. 

Torso with traces of paint. 

General wear, loss, shrinkage splits and chips commensurate with age and nature of material. 

The second with chips and scuffs, together with minor shrinkage to base.

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