"Rungu Female Statuette - D.r.c"
Statuette presenting a slender woman wearing a skirt. The hands are on the stomach below an abdominal cavity carrying a magical charge. We can attribute this statuette to the Rungu group which is a subfamily of the Tabwa.The look is slender and the style is influenced by their neighbors in Tanzania (Nyamwézi, Luguru ...).
Wood with honey patina.
Rungu people, Democratic Republic of Congo
H: 27 cm Mid 20th century
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