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Description : CHOKWE FEMALE FIGURE, ANGOLA OR ZAMBIA height 20 1/4in (51.4cm) Provenance Belgian Private Collection Marc Leo Felix, Brussels Ruth and Marc Franklin Collection, San Francisco Seattle Private Collection Published Jordan, Manuel, Chokwe! Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples, Prestel-Verlag, 1998, fig. 101 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Forms and Forces: Dynamics of African Figurative Sculpture, 1998, p. 33, no. 22 African Heritage Archives (no. 0143614) Exhibited San Francisco, California, Forms and Forces: Dynamics of African Figurative Sculpture, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 4 May - 10 July 1988 Jordan notes (Ibid.), 'The white and red pigment on this figure symbolizes the dualistic nature of ancestors: if they are honored they bring blessings to the living kin (white), but if neglected they inflict misfortune (red). Figures of this type are generally associated with diviners, who employ the supernatural strength of their tutelary ancestors to redress their clients' various afflictions.' Standing upright on elongated legs slightly bent at the knees, her magnificently sculpted, oversized hands resting on her abdomen accented with horizontal linear incisions above the pelvis; rounded shoulders, breasts and torso with raised umbilicus; her spherical head with a mask-like face highlighted in red pigment with large circular eyes with kaolin highlights, flared nose and open mouth revealing upper and lower sharp teeth highlighted with kaolin; an incised coiffure on top; the body highlighted in white kaolin with red pigment from the knees down; fine encrusted patina overall. For further information on this lot please visit the website
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