These large sculpture come from the Bongo people of southern Sudan , large sculpted funerary or memorial were placed above tombs , among the bongo large scuptures reconized and honore male elites , warrios , chiefs or locally significants personnages , carved head were at the best idealised representation of…
Kakulu ka Mpito was duped by the adulterous Waiyinda or by Mukobania, ‘the divider,’ who caused trouble by calling together people whom he did not know well for a beer party. Height : 27cm Material : Wood, Leather. Provenance: Collected in Congo Bukavu 1985 ,African Heritage , Private Collection Estimated…
Women in these societies are often adorned with beaded jewelry, necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, headdresses … Height : 47x10cm Material ; Pearl , Wood etc.. Estimated age : 1990-2000 Provenance : Private Collection