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THB19th C. African Chokwe Wood Rattle - Figure Atop Head
Lot 115
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Central Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chokwe peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century. An expertly carved wooden rattle in the form of a male figure standing atop a disembodied head, all boasting a lustrous burnish and surface of dark brown woodgrain. Nude for all but a coiled rope tied over his groin area, the muscular figure stands with both knees bent, holding in his sizable hands a walking stick and a horn. His visage features full lips, a broad nose, and a pair of large almond-shaped eyes under an elaborate headdress featuring a pair of horizontal bands, a domed area with a dot, a large striated arch curved inward, an upward facing curved horn, and two long back lappets that flare outwards. The curious character stands on an integral plinth balanced on the top of a dome-shaped disembodied head with a face on both sides. Both stylized visages display massive downward-gazing eyes, wide noses with giant nostrils, prominent high cheek bones, and thin parted lips revealing three crooked teeth. The interior of this head is hollow to allow for the ball of the rattle. Size: 5.25" in diameter x 21.375" H (13.3 cm x 54.3 cm)
Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado USA collection; ex-Martin Boxer collection, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex-Komor Gallery, New York, New York, USA, circa 1965
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#160628Still functional. Repair to base of figure's walking stick. Some light scratches, nicks, and stable fissures throughout. Otherwise, excellent with lovely earthen deposits.Condition
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