KUBOKO KUMOZI, "ONE ARM"

Details

A FINE LEGA MALE FIGURE
Kuboko kumozi, "one arm"
Standing with one arm, the head with deeply carved mouth and eyes, the legs flexed, dark glossy patina
11cm. high

Literature

Attenborough, D. and Waterfield, H. et al., Miniature African Sculptures from the Herman Collection, London, 1985, p.19, fig.6

Exhibited

Durham, Bristol, Swansea, Sheffield, Coventry, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

This fine old figure has an animated expression more usually found in the ivory figurines which are the prerogative of the kindi (the three highest) grades of the bwami association. The bwami is modified and so differs in each village, but figurines appear always to be restricted to the yananio and kindi grades

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