Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome - Tribal Art
The Cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen. The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). Holo sculpture is very varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbors: Suku, Yaka, Lunda,Tshokwe and others.
Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango = Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango = Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982.
Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium
Dated to the first half of the 20th century
Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
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