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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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A LULUA FEMALE FIGURE
Democratic Republic of Congo
Crouching with the hands held to the cheeks and the elbows joined to the knees with cylindrical struts, the face with carved teeth in the open mouth, hatched lids to the eyes, the incised coiffure with pierced central conical projection, long ringed neck, the body with panels of keloids in relief, prominent sex, dark glossy patina.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Democratic Republic of Congo
Crouching with the hands held to the cheeks and the elbows joined to the knees with cylindrical struts, the face with carved teeth in the open mouth, hatched lids to the eyes, the incised coiffure with pierced central conical projection, long ringed neck, the body with panels of keloids in relief, prominent sex, dark glossy patina.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1955