Statuette of Ndengese style - Lot 325

Statuette of Ndengese style Democratic Republic of Congo Wood, pigments, vegetable fibers Height : 60 cm This statuette represents a female figure whose head and body are whitened and covered with scarification marks. The headdress with embossed patterns is decorated with a horn at the top. The eyes, swollen like split coffee beans, are inscribed in deep eye sockets, the wide nose dominates the oval prognathic mouth. A brown band with triangular patterns crosses the face at the cheeks, contrasting with the whiteness of the face. The straight neck overhangs square shoulders; the top of the bust is decorated with a polychrome checkerboard pattern. A polychrome triangular pattern is found on the abdomen, whose navel is pierced like a circular cavity.