Sale 219 Lot 235

GROUP OF THREE CENTRAL AFRICAN FIGURES: HEMBA STANDING MALE FIGURE, SONGYE NKISI POWER FIGURE, AND CHOKWE FETISH FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Three hand-carved wooden figures from Central Africa: at left, a Hemba figure with incised chevron detail, holding a staff topped with a small head; at center, a Songye power figure (nkisi) with kaolin-whitened eyes and mouth, a carved beard, a black feather and fiber bundle at the crown; and a horn-like element clasped at the chest and at right, a crouching Chokwe figure with a fiber-bound head, red-painted lips, and a large abdominal cavity inset with shell or white material, bearing an old tag reading “Chokwe fetish.”
$200-300