Lot Essay
Such figures are not as well known as Mbete reliquary figures. For a similar example, see Robbins and Nooter (1989, p. 348, no. 904).
Details
A MBETE MALE FIGURE
Standing with angular legs separated, elongated rectangular torso, square shoulders, bent arms, hands to hips, columnar neck supporting an oval face, overhaning brows, elongated flat ears with serrated edges, 20½in. (52cm.) high
Standing with angular legs separated, elongated rectangular torso, square shoulders, bent arms, hands to hips, columnar neck supporting an oval face, overhaning brows, elongated flat ears with serrated edges, 20½in. (52cm.) high
Provenance
Maurice de Vlaminck