Kabila Figure

CultureLuba

Datelate 19th-early 20th century

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 18 7/8 inches (47.93 cm)

Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.

Object number2013.42.1

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionSeated maternity figure, arms holding diameter two sectioned vessel with round base in lap, legs outstretched, detailed short coiffure, conical breasts, outlined eyes and nose, mouth in straight line woodProvenance

Provenance

Herman Schiltz, Antwerp, Belgium, by December 24, 1937 [1];

With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX96184, 1996-October 2, 1997;

Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, October 2, 1997-2013;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

NOTES:

[1] The number ‘674-SCHI 5’ relating to the Schiltz collection and this object’s loan to the 1937-38 Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst exhibition in Antwerp, is written in white on the underside of this figure. A photograph of the Schiltz collection which includes this figure, as well as documentation related to the 1937 Kongo-Kunst exhibition, is in the Schiltz files, Africa collection, MAS | Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium, Inv. number AE. 2001.0044.0003.D. With thanks to Els De Palmenaer, Conservator Afrika, for sharing these records with the Nelson-Atkins.

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