Description: GGoAA Auction Now GothamGallery Auction Now Items in ebay Store Welcome To The Premier Place For Serious Collectors of Fine Authentic African Tribal Art Over 10 Years Online Serving Thousands of Satisfied Customers Offering the Finest Quality Sub-Saharan African Art Very Fine African DRC Nsapo / Songye Tribal Fetish Inches: Height: 12.5 Inches Centimeters: Height: 32 Centimeters Measurement Figure Only Material: Wood Estimated Age: Early 20th Century Condition: Good Remarks: Highly stylized figure twin horns motif dark patina Shipping: US East Coast - Estimated $15.00 Exact rate use shipping calculator INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME Documentation of Authenticity / Any Available Provenance Will Be Included With This Piece CONDITION Wood deterioration, worn areas, chips and age cracks, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items. BACKGROUND The Nsapo are a small sub-group of the Songye who in the later years of the 19th century moved to an area close by the Lulua in the Lomani, Sankuru Rivers region. Their relatively rare carvings are heavily influenced by Lulua styles as well as the Songye and in the details of the carving. Yet there is difficulty in placing Nsapo figural carving in any single category of style as they draw from a number of neighboring peoples. In fact Nsapo figural carving may said to be an interpretation of styles rather than a single commonly understood style. Few Nsapo carving have been illustrated and little is know about their use. However similar figures among the Lulua are known to represent ancestors. Painter Fred Uhlman words - Most of the artists I admired, Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle - pulley which is after all only a functional object for the purpose of weaving seemed to me then and today as beautiful as a Greek goddess. The fetish moved me as deeply as the bobbin by its silent tragic dignity and its air of profound meditation. GUARANTEE AUTHENTICITY AND CONDITION OF ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO THEIR DESCRIPTION AND PICTURES. QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR MORE DETAIL PICTURES. SHIPPING SHIPPING VIA USPS PARCEL POST UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS AVAILABLE. INTERNATIONAL VIA USPS PRIORITY MAIL -SHIPPING COST PLEASE INQUIRE. COMBINED SHIPPING: SHIPPING IS ALWAYS COMBINED WHEN POSSIBLE, UNLESS THE PIECE IS TOO LARGE OR DELICATE. SHIPPING TIME: ITEM ARE CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND SHIPPED OUT WITHIN 10 DAYS OF PAYMENT. PACKING FRAGILE ART ITEM NEEDS CAREFUL ATTENTION AND WILL NEVER BE FAST, BUT WE DO OUT BEST TO MAKE SURE IT WILL ARRIVE FOR YOU SAFELY. IF YOU NEED THE ITEM QUICKLY PLEASE EMAIL FIRST FOR ARRANGEMENT. PAYMENT PAYMENT ACCEPTED - PAYPAL. Please click and check store items GothamGallery Fine African Art
Price: 330 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-10-29T19:49:15.000Z
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