Lot 260: A Chokwe or Lulua female figure

Kasai Chokwe or Lulua, D. R. Congo; H: 15 1/2"

The female figure with rounded head and deep ocular orbits, flat facial planes small mouth, the arms carved in a sinuous fashion, with the right proper arm bent at the elbow and touching the chin, the left to the waist, the wide hips curling inward in an unusual treatment of the knees, the feet pointing at one another. On a custom base.

Provenance:
Collected in Congo prior to 1970 by Lawson Mooney, former Director of Catholic Aid Agencies; Dr. Kenneth Adelman, former US Deputy Ambassador to the UN, and one time member of USAID, Zaire, c. 1975; A NY Private collection.

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