Description: {Description}Chokwe Standing Janus Figure Angola This well carved female figure comes from the Chokwe. The Chokwe share stylistic elements with a number of distinct but related peoples in Angola and the Congo . The most prominent of these peoples are the Chokwe but also includes the Ovimbundu, Lunda, Lwena, Luvala, Minungu, Mbwela, Songo and Imbangala. This is an area that has shared stylistic elements and figural forms based upon common mythologies and ritual practices possibly showing influences of Tabwa or Luba sculptural styles. Figures such as this could be found among a number of these groups and at the same time she may indeed not come from this large constellation of differing peoples but from a neighboring group influenced by them. 140973 This well carved female figure comes from the Chokwe. The Chokwe share stylistic elements with a number of distinct but related peoples in Angola and the Congo . The most prominent of these peoples are the Chokwe but also includes the Ovimbundu, Lunda, Lwena, Luvala, Minungu, Mbwela, Songo and Imbangala. This is an area that has shared stylistic elements and figural forms based upon common mythologies and ritual practices possibly showing influences of Tabwa or Luba sculptural styles. Figures such as this could be found among a number of these groups and at the same time she may indeed not come from this large constellation of differing peoples but from a neighboring group influenced by them. 140973eBay integration by
Price: 175 USD
Location: Denver, CO
End Time: 2024-12-26T20:41:42.000Z
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Age Level: 20th Century
Brand: sku 140000
Country of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Item Height: 6.5
Item Length: 3.0
Item Width: 2.0
Maker: Chokwe Artisan
Material: Wood
Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Original/Reproduction: Original
Style: None
Tribe: Chokwe
Type: Carving, Figure, Statue, Sculpture
author: None
