Pair of statuettes - Bwaka - DR Congo

Couple of Nazeze statues

Bwaka/Ngbaka/Zande

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uele region

characteristic hairstyle, eyes inlaid with white pearls, adorned with two or three rows of red beads, without arms, legs apart. (ref on ahdrc.eu: Object ao-0197494-001)

Wood, pigments and glass beads

Height: 23.5 cm and 21.5 cm

Provenance:
Lisa Laeremans, Brussels, Belgium
Mark Eglington, NY
Private collection, Paris

Exhibited TAL London September 2022

A similar couple, probably by the same hand, was exhibited by Didier Claes, in Brussels, in 2007