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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 3228513, member: 45&quot;]When I first saw the figure that&#039;s been in question, I also saw the characteristics of Oceanic art, as opposed to African, but it&#039;s not a figure I&#039;ve encountered before.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, after reading the post by 2manybooks, and looking online for Mbole carvings, I actually found an identical figure from a catalog for a May 31, 2020 auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t want to sign in, or create an account, to read more, but I did find something on another site, by searching for &quot;large stanging figure&quot; the way it was misspelled in the catalog.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what appeared on the second site:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.lot-art.com/Aitem/srcClk?id=27198064" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lot-art.com/Aitem/srcClk?id=27198064" rel="nofollow"> <img src="https://static2.lot-art.com/public/upl/79/Large-stanging-figure-Wood-Kakungu-Mituku-Bukota-association-METOKO-MBOLE-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo_1590190642_5502.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </a></p><p>Provenance: - Private collection, London, UK Rare Metoko figure from the Bukota association Metoko figures are used during funerals, initiations of youths and peacemaking activities, and are believed to have ancestral associations. The heart-shaped face, elongated features and geometric angular forms are characteristic of carving styles of the Equatorial Forest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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