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Description : Large African Museum Quality Chokwe Chief Figure (Mwanangana) | This figure depicts a Chokwe chief, or mwanangana, and epitomizes the balance of power and refinement characteristic of Chokwe court art. The hand-carved wood sculpture is smooth, redish-brown in color, and has a shiny patina that resulted from the repeated application of oil and dyes during ceremonies. The statue has the customary oversized hands and feet and a large Chipanya mutwe, a tri-lobed, upturned and flaring headdress, with two lateral wings. The chief holds what appears to be a flint-lock long gun, symbolizing the chief's aggressive traits and hunting prowess. The chief has scarification marks on face and forehead, and a beard of what appears to be horse hair. The figure is adorned with a leather belt and loin cloth, shouldered bag, and upper arm bracelets.
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Estimate (low-high) : 1200 USD-2000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 240
Title : Large African Chokwe Chief Figure (Mwanangana), 3 Ft. Tall
Size : 36 H x 10 W x 9.5 D
Literature : Bastin, Marie-Louise. La Sculpture Tshokwe. Meudon, France: Alain Chaffin, 1982, p. 136. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 1988–1989 (1989). Hôtel Drouot. Arts Primitifs. Paris, June 25-26, 1992, fig. VI. Jordán, Manuel, ed. Chokwe! Art and Initiation among Chokwe and Related Peoples. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1998, pl. 6.
Worthington Galleries, auctioneer, Gallatin (Nashville), US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine & Ethnographic Art Auction
Sale date : 01 Aug 2021 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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