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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Holo People,DRC.Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome ., first half 20th C
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Holo People,DRC.Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome ., first half 20th C
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Holo People,DRC.Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome ., first half 20th C
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Holo People,DRC.Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome .

first half 20th C
40 x 9 x 7 cm
429
€ 5,990.00
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The cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen.The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). Holo sculpture is very varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbors: Suku, Yaka, Lunda,Tshokwe and others. Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango =​ Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango =​ Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982. Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium Dated to the first half of the 20th century Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm Tribal Art / African Art
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