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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Details
A BEMBE FEMALE FIGURE
Democratic Republic of Congo
Standing on flexed legs with the arms in relief and the hands on the abdomen, raised panels of keloids to the sides of the torso and abdomen, the face with inset white bead eyes, the asymmetrical coiffure smooth on one side and shaved on the other with delineated scalloped border, fetish material in a cavity in the rectum, fine dark glossy patina.
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Democratic Republic of Congo
Standing on flexed legs with the arms in relief and the hands on the abdomen, raised panels of keloids to the sides of the torso and abdomen, the face with inset white bead eyes, the asymmetrical coiffure smooth on one side and shaved on the other with delineated scalloped border, fetish material in a cavity in the rectum, fine dark glossy patina.
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1953