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HEMBA SINGITI COMMEMORATIVE CHIEFS PORTRAIT

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Weathered Old Hemba Effigy of the Chief: A Well weathered and worn sculpture of a Chief or Ancestral Spirit. Not every Hemba chief was honored with such a depiction. Such commissions were divinely sanctioned when a sitting chief was visited

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Hemba Fiure "singiti" / Tribal Art: 19 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 € -

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Large 23" Singiti HEMBA ancestor figure statue Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1596: CONGO DRC Large Ancestor Figure (Singiti) Hemba ancestors figures are famous.They represent the deceased leaders and, venerated by the entire tribe, they help their successors to legitimize their poli

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HEMBA SINGITI COMMEMORATIVE CHIEFS PORTRAIT

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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 features, headdress and shown with arms to his sides in an open gesture. Hemba peoples, DRC/Congo, central Africa. measures 28.5 inches tall.

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fair, some weathering and wear.

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HEMBA SINGITI COMMEMORATIVE CHIEFS PORTRAIT

Name: HEMBA SINGITI COMMEMORATIVE CHIEFS PORTRAIT
SKU: 67271223
Price: 210 USD
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