Entwistle

Yombe nkisi statue

Democratic Republic of Congo

Wood; metal; glass
Height: 31.5 cm
Provenance
Anne and Jean-Pierre Jernander Collection, Brussels
De Quay & Lombrail - Collection J.-P. Jernander, June 26
1996, lot 8
Sotheby's New York, Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas. Important African and Indonesian Art from a Belgium Collector, May 15, 2003, lot 89
Entwistle, London, 2003
Private collection, New York (acquired from previous owner)
Publication
Joseph-Aurélien Cornet, Zaire, Peuples-Art-Culture/ Zaire, Volken-Kunst-Cultuur, Antwerp, 1989, p. 328 Jean-Michel Botquin, "Primitieve kunst" in L'Annuel de l'Art/ Jaarlijkse Kunstgids, 1993, p. 5
Alisa LaGamma, Kongo: Power and Majesty, New York, 2015, p. 54-55, fig. 2
Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Kongo: Power and Majesty, September 18, 2015 - January 3, 2016

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