Bembe, Statuette

Bembe, Statuette

Date
presumed early XXth
Size
Height : 12 cm
Collection
Tribal Art
Condition
très bon
Inventory number
394
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Statuette presenting a female figure, arms and legs with powerful muscles, hands and feet symbolically oversized with marked nails. Her belly is embellished with ancestral motifs sculpted in relief representing tegumentary marks obtained by the insertion of charcoal under the skin which caused keloids. Her face has an intense expression, accentuated by tapered ears. She holds a gourd in her hand.

Made of hardwood, old honey and brown patina, small white milk beads embedded in the eyes.

 

Origin

  • Former French collection.