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makonde sculpture, portrait of a marriageable girl

24 inches or 61 cm

A quite Big female Makonde figure with traditional scarification in the face coming from Chris Wild a private collector living in Normandy.

Fine aged Makonde figure with old incrusted patina.

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Price: 6,000 €

new price: 3,200€

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The big figure is of a 'great' Female ancestor, portrait of a marriageable girl.

Probable age : 1940's-50's

The Makonde body scarification are far more elaborate than those of other indigenous tribes of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique.

 It is said that these women with scarification became god-like figures after death.
The scarification covers the forehead and the areas above the mouth and across the cheeks. The lizards on the sides of the stomach are believed to enhance fertility in women.

This Map below date from 1929 and shows the area of East Africa in the Tanganika area. The statue could also come from Mozambique.

The Makonde are a Bantu-speaking tribe, and, as far as is known, have no admixture of foreign blood, except when they capture neighboring tribes woman and children.

It is quite seldom to find statues from that area, usually you find only masks.

The elaborate carving of the Makonde face is traditional

Price: 6,000 €    new price: 3,200 € free delivery, 15 days guarantee.

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