Lot Essay
The pedestals were exhibition display props for the Belgian Congo Pavilion at the World's Fair in New York, 1939
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FOUR LAMPS AND TWO PEDESTALS
Two lamps of plaster modelled as Baule maternity figures; another of plaster modelled as a Fang head, each with wood base; the last made from an ovoid fiber vessel and cover with hide carrying strap; and two plaster pedestals, each a cast of a Kuba cylindrical drum
The lamps 26¼in. (67cm.) to 41½in. (105.5cm.) high (6)
Two lamps of plaster modelled as Baule maternity figures; another of plaster modelled as a Fang head, each with wood base; the last made from an ovoid fiber vessel and cover with hide carrying strap; and two plaster pedestals, each a cast of a Kuba cylindrical drum
The lamps 26¼in. (67cm.) to 41½in. (105.5cm.) high (6)