Lot Essay
Among the Pende, large female figures were made to represent important ancestors (see Robbins, W.M. and N.I. Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Washington D.C. 1989, p. 402, no. 1024).
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a pende female figure
Standing with the arms carved free of the body and the hands each side of the abdomen, the head with double crested coiffure, two horns inset at the back, carved teeth in the grinning mouth, three vertical grooves to the nose which has pierced septum, incised scarification to the abdomen and back, native metal rivets to cracks in back and neck, red ochre patina
71 cm high
Standing with the arms carved free of the body and the hands each side of the abdomen, the head with double crested coiffure, two horns inset at the back, carved teeth in the grinning mouth, three vertical grooves to the nose which has pierced septum, incised scarification to the abdomen and back, native metal rivets to cracks in back and neck, red ochre patina
71 cm high