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A fragmentary male Hemba statue
A fragmentary male Hemba statue
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A fragmentary male Hemba statue, Eastern Zaire, standing upright, the hands touching the abdomen, emphasized genitalia; shiny dark brown patina with incrustations, some insect damage, the feet fragmentary.
"Die Skulpturen der Hemba zählen zu den bedeutensten Kunstwerken Schwarzafrikas; es sind vor allem Ahnenfiguren, singiti, die Kriegsfürsten, Gründer von Königsfamilien, oder lokale Häuptlinge darstellen und die in kleine Hüttengestellt werden." Schaedler, 180.
Lit.: K.-F. Schaedler, Lexikon afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, 180f. Evan Maurer, The Intelligence of Forms, 1991. Luigi Spina, Hemba, 2018. Francois Neyt, La grande statuaire hemba du zaire, 1977. Francois Neyt / Louis de Strycker, approche des arts hemba, 1975. Francois Neyt, South East Zaire, 1993, 163-181.
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