VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A HEMBA/LUBA FEMALE FIGURE
Details
A HEMBA/LUBA FEMALE FIGURE
Standing with legs apart, thick torso with geometric scarification at front and sides, square shoulders, hands held to small breasts, short neck with oval head thrust forward, broad flat nose, open mouth, eyes inlaid with white beads, swept back coiffure with brass ornament at top rear center, blue and white glass bead strands at waist, neck and hanging from sides of coiffure at the back, worn brown patina, 11½in. (29.2cm.) high
Standing with legs apart, thick torso with geometric scarification at front and sides, square shoulders, hands held to small breasts, short neck with oval head thrust forward, broad flat nose, open mouth, eyes inlaid with white beads, swept back coiffure with brass ornament at top rear center, blue and white glass bead strands at waist, neck and hanging from sides of coiffure at the back, worn brown patina, 11½in. (29.2cm.) high
Provenance
Irwin Hersey, New York