Kabwelulu figure
Kabwelulu figure

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Kabwelulu figure,

late 19th–early 20th century

Artist unrecorded
Luba
2024-504

Information

Title
Kabwelulu figure
Dates

late 19th–early 20th century

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Wood, glass beads, probably duiker horn, raffia, and organic materials
Dimensions
h. 47 cm (18 1/2 in.) on mount: 57.1 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm (22 1/2 × 5 × 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Noriko Ohta in memory of Austin Newton, Professor Emeritus, Molecular Biology
Object Number
2024-504
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture
Congolese
Type
sculpture, carvings

[John J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York, before 1968]; purchased by Austin Newton, Princeton, NJ, January 2, 1968; by inheritance from Newton to his wife, Noriko Ohta, Princeton, NJ; consigned by the above to Sotheby’s, New York (Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas sale, November 21, 2022, lot 51; sold; not paid for by buyer post-sale; returned to consignor); gifted by Noriko Ohta to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2024.

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