TWO NORTH EUROPEAN WAX AFRICAN CHILD'S HEADS
TWO NORTH EUROPEAN WAX AFRICAN CHILD'S HEADS

CIRCA 1900, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS

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TWO NORTH EUROPEAN WAX AFRICAN CHILD'S HEADS
CIRCA 1900, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS
One laughing, one crying, each with natural hair and glass eyes, on later metal stands
ca. 20 cm. high; 34 and 38 cm. high overall (2)

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Lot Essay

These heads might have been part of an exhibition during the years 1880-1925 when countries in Africa were colonised by European countries.
For further information on this subject please see:
Dr. Maarten Couttenier, Als muren spreken. Het museum van Tervuren 1910-2010 Si les murs pouvaient parler. Le Museé de Tervuren 1910-2010, Tervuren: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika Museé royal de l'Afrique centrale, 2010
Dr. Maarten Couttenier, 'Fysieke antropologie in België en Congo 1883-1964', De exotische mens. Andere culturen als amusement, pp. 96-113. Tielt, Lannoo, 2009
Dr. Maarten Couttenier, Congo tentoongesteld. Een geschiedenis van de Belgische antropologie en het museum van Tervuren (1882-1925), Leuven, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Acco, 2005.

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