Lot No. 64


An Old Hemba Figure


An Old Hemba Figure - Tribal Art

RdC, wood, 69 cm high. This figure is depicted in a classic Hemba-style - standing in a symmetrical position with the hands alongside the navel or abdomen of the figure, and an elaboration of the cruciform coiffure. These types of ancestral figures were placed in small huts in the village compound, and they represented local chiefs or warriors and founders of their royal lineages.

Provenance:
Important Belgian collection.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com

13.10.2022 - 16:36

Estimate:
EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 4,000.-

An Old Hemba Figure


RdC, wood, 69 cm high. This figure is depicted in a classic Hemba-style - standing in a symmetrical position with the hands alongside the navel or abdomen of the figure, and an elaboration of the cruciform coiffure. These types of ancestral figures were placed in small huts in the village compound, and they represented local chiefs or warriors and founders of their royal lineages.

Provenance:
Important Belgian collection.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 13.10.2022 - 16:36
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 06.10. - 13.10. 2022

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