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Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome - Tribal ArtThe Cult statue Mvunzi, represents
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Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome - Tribal Art
The Cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen. The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). Holo sculpture is very varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbors: Suku, Yaka, Lunda,Tshokwe and others.
Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango = Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango = Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982.
Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium
Dated to the first half of the 20th century
Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
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The Cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen. The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). Holo sculpture is very varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbors: Suku, Yaka, Lunda,Tshokwe and others.
Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango = Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango = Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982.
Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium
Dated to the first half of the 20th century
Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
429
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Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome - Tribal Art
The Cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen. The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). Holo sculpture is very varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbors: Suku, Yaka, Lunda,Tshokwe and others.
Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango = Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango = Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982.
Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium
Dated to the first half of the 20th century
Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
429
The Cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen. The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). Holo sculpture is very varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbors: Suku, Yaka, Lunda,Tshokwe and others.
Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango = Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango = Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982.
Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium
Dated to the first half of the 20th century
Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
429
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