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ANTIQUE AFRICAN MANGBETU TERRACOTTA POTTERY TRIBAL STATUE SCULPTURE AFRICA For Sale
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ANTIQUE AFRICAN MANGBETU TERRACOTTA POTTERY TRIBAL STATUE SCULPTURE AFRICA:
$135.00
ANTIQUE MID 20TH C. AFRICAN MANGBETU TERRACOTTA POTTERY TRIBAL STATUE APPRAISED. Item Type: Attributed to the African Mangbetu People of Gabon (Congo).
Item Professionally Assessed: YES
sale Estimate: $200-275 Retail Estimate: $475
Item Description: The figure appears to be a rich, reddish clay. There is a head, long neck, torso and legs. The head has a round collar below the chin. The shape of the head is elongated with small almond-shaped eyes, protruding nose and slightly open mouth with a fuller lower lip - the ears are evident. The rolled collar is attached in the back to a helmet headdress. There is a round protrusion on the back of he head. The figure is of the African Mangbetu people of Gabon (Congo). The elongated head is a sign of beauty in the Mangbetu culture.
NOTES In the northeast of Africa live the Mangbetu and the Zande. Mangbetu sculptures - in wood, ivory and clay - are often characterized by the elongated skull forms produced by binding the heads of young children, The helmet with the collar is the binding of the head of your figure. Much of Mangbetu sculpture was not made for religious purposes, but was \"art-for-art\'s-sake\". Mangbetu carvings of women and young girls were not idols or fetishes, but were made for amusement. Your figure is of a very young girl and was made to show the ritualistic binding of the head. Item Size: 11x3x3
Country or Region: Gabon
Item Age: Mid 20th Century
Provenance: Ex Marcel Gibrat Collection purchased between 1965 and 1991
Authentication performed: Professionally Appraised Visual Inspection: Tactile Inspection: Olfactory Inspection: Aural Inspection: Microscopic Inspection: Chemical Testing:
Certainty of Authenticity: 100%
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