Lot Essay
William Fagg was told by Timmermans that this figure was collected from the village of a dissident tribe of Songye around Luluabourg and was in a style that may have originated among the Benalulua
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LULUA AND NSAPO-NSAPO
Details
TWO UNUSUAL FIGURES
Lulua and Nsapo-Nsapo
Each with the hands held to the abdomen, fetish cavities to the abdomen and top of the head, one with carved spike to the top of the head, the other with flat coiffure, each with sticky black patina
10.5cm. and 13.5cm. high (2)
Lulua and Nsapo-Nsapo
Each with the hands held to the abdomen, fetish cavities to the abdomen and top of the head, one with carved spike to the top of the head, the other with flat coiffure, each with sticky black patina
10.5cm. and 13.5cm. high (2)
Provenance
Timmermans for the second item
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.98, fig.96, for the second figure.
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.