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A FINE LUBA HEADREST
The support carved as a kneeling female figure, the upraised arms supporting the waisted top, extensive scarification about the torso, the coiffure with raised ridge at the hairline and grooved plait projecting at the back, cross-hatched ornament about the oval base, dark glossy patina, the base inscribed: 727./DH.P.33. and NYAI/55.
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
The support carved as a kneeling female figure, the upraised arms supporting the waisted top, extensive scarification about the torso, the coiffure with raised ridge at the hairline and grooved plait projecting at the back, cross-hatched ornament about the oval base, dark glossy patina, the base inscribed: 727./DH.P.33. and NYAI/55.
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
Provenance
Guillaume De Hondt, Brussels
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Literature
Olbrechts, F.M. et al., Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst, Antwerp, 1937, no.727 (not illustrated)
Exhibited
Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, 1937