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Hemba Fiure "singiti" / Tribal Art

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A Hemba Figure "singiti": Figur, "singiti" Hemba, DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 48 cm. Provenienz: - Sammlung Peter Stettler (1939-1998) und Erica Stettler-Schnell (geb. 1940). - Galerie Walu, Basel. Diese Ruhe ausst

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A Hemba Figure "singiti": Figur, "singiti" Hemba, DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 56,5 cm. Provenienz: - Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Galerie Künzi, Solothurn. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Solothurn. Diese Ruhe ausstr

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Very Fine Hemba Singiti Ancestor sculpture, African Art: A Tall and refined carved wooden male ancestor with classic facial features, ceremonial cap, carved beard and serene facial expression. Among the Hemba, ancestor effigies are called Singiti. These fig

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Hemba Figure, "lusingiti" / Tribal Art: 18 Figur, "lusingiti" Hemba, DR Kongo Gesockelt / with custom base Holz. H 41 cm. Provenienz: - Nachlass Dr. med. Hermann Brügger (1928-2009), Solothurn. - Hammer Auktion 25, 28.07.2018, Lot 80. - Sc

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A Very Old Hemba Singiti Ancestor Ex Galiner collection: This is a carved wooden commemorative portrait of a chief or important ancestor known as a "Singiti" sculpture from the Hemba peoples, of the DRC/ Congo, central Africa. carved from a very heavy dense

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A Hemba Male Ancestor sculpture Ex Carl Zabel NY 1982: This carved wooden male effigy represents an idealized portrait of a Hemba Singiti ancestor, such sculptures commemorated important deceased chiefs and important members of the tribe to recall their p

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HEMBA SINGITI COMMEMORATIVE CHIEFS PORTRAIT: A very fine and handsome wood sculpture of an important chief of the Hemba peoples. Carved from a single piece of dense and heavy wood with a well handled and polished surface, finely crafted facial f

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Item Details

Description

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Ahnenfigur, "singiti"
Hemba, DR Kongo
Gesockelt / with custom base
Holz. H 50 cm.

Provenienz:
- Lothar und Käthy Steinke, Luzern.
- Christie's Paris 2008 (Sale 5520, Lot 114, 12'000 / 15'000 €
- Hammer Auktion 1, 21.05.2016, Lot 227.
- Schweizer Privatsammlung, Genf.

Diese Ruhe ausstrahlende und gleichzeitig Respekt einflössende Figur ist eine idealisierte Porträtfigur eines spezifischen männlichen Vorfahren und wurde in einem Schrein aufbewahrt, der mehrere Figuren dieser Art beherbergen konnte.

Mit Hilfe solcher Skulpturen setzen sich die Lebenden mit dem dargestellten Ahnen in Verbindung, um von ihm Schutz für ihre Familie und ihre Güter zu erbitten.

Die typische stehende Figur ist durch eine Steigerung der Proportionen nach oben hin gekennzeichnet. Die hier fehlenden kurzen Beine tragen einen im Vergleich überlangen schmucklosen Mittelkörper, der dann von einem noch grösseren und sorgfältig gestalteten Kopf gekrönt wird.

Das Gesicht mit der grazilen Nase und den hochgewölbten Augenbrauen wird von einer haubenförmigen Haartracht mit einem eingeschnitzten Haarband geschmückt. Die verträumt wirkenden Augen und der kleine Mund verleihen dem Gesicht einen faszinierenden verinnerlichten Ausdruck.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Neyt, François & de Strycker, Louis (1975). Approche des Arts Hemba. Villiers-le-Bel: Arts d’Afrique Noire.

CHF 5 000 / 8 000
EUR 4 300 / 6 880