LARGE YOMBE ANCESTOR FIGURE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, C. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Auction: 13 March 2025 from 13:00 GMT
Description
carved wood, the figure shown seated and writing in a book, wearing the traditional broad raised coiffure of the Yombe, a hairstyle denoting high status, dressed in a European military coat and shoes, the facial features are highly stylised, with a broad, gently domed forehead and half-closed eyes, lending a serene yet authoritative expression
Dimensions
80cm tall
Provenance
Collection of Josef Herman (1911-2000), Suffolk, United Kingdom
Monika Wengraf-Hewitt, London, United Kingdom
Sotheby's, London, Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou, 21st September 2021, lot 73
Private collection, London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above