() Lot n° 32

Statuette presenting a hunter of powerful proportions standing naked on a circular pedestal. He proudly holds a ceremonial knife in one hand and a rifle in the other. His asymmetrical headdress is sculpted with rigor and originality. The belly is decorated with ancestral scarifications in relief drawn with care and harmony. Hard wood, cut porcelain inlaid in the eyes, old patina from use, honey shiny in places, small crack on the base Beembe, Eastern region of the Republic of Congo, 19th century 15 x 6 cm Provenance: family provenance, collected in the 1930s