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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3235757, member: 8267"]OK, I think I have the mystery figure this time. This one was published in a 2015 exhibition catalog titled "Uziri Wa Dunia", by Bruneaf gallery, in Brussels:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]297133[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://bruneaf.com/en/catalog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bruneaf.com/en/catalog" rel="nofollow">https://bruneaf.com/en/catalog</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Kela figure of a standing male (once part of a couple)</p><p>DR Congo</p><p>Wood, pigments</p><p>H: 31 cm</p><p>20th C.</p><p>Provenance:</p><p>Van Rijswijk collection 1930’s</p><p>Private collection, Brussels</p><p>Publication and exhibition:</p><p>Mestach W., L’Intelligence des Formes,</p><p>exhibition catalogue “Mestach l’africain”,</p><p>Brussels, Bruneaf, 2007, cat. 101, p. 220.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Kela, Yela and Mbole ethnic groups are all located in the same area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). I have found a number of figures attributed to the Kela and Yela that include the broad vertical grooves on the head and torso, colored with red and white pigments. The head shapes are much more like CC's as well. This one from Bruneaf has the best provenance. Most of the others I have found on less reliable sites such as catawiki, and pinterest with broken links. But they all seem to point in the same direction of Kela/Yela attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]297145[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/Cubistic-Cult-Figure-medium-density-wood-Yela-DRC/38957275-cubistic_cult-29.7.20-catawiki" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/Cubistic-Cult-Figure-medium-density-wood-Yela-DRC/38957275-cubistic_cult-29.7.20-catawiki" rel="nofollow">https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/Cubistic-Cult-Figure-medium-density-wood-Yela-DRC/38957275-cubistic_cult-29.7.20-catawiki</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/86/dc/9886dcadc679abd0c5c03b0b3be1daec.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.it/pin/783907878881700670/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.it/pin/783907878881700670/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.it/pin/783907878881700670/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]297142[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.catawiki.com/l/37403847-ancestor-figure-wood-kela-yela-statuette-dr-congo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.catawiki.com/l/37403847-ancestor-figure-wood-kela-yela-statuette-dr-congo" rel="nofollow">https://www.catawiki.com/l/37403847-ancestor-figure-wood-kela-yela-statuette-dr-congo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are also masks attributed to the Kela/Yela that show the same broad grooves and pigmentation:</p><p><img src="https://images.lauritz.com/images/28F65D1C51C0DAD86CABE43DF3FBCDB5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/yela-mask/i2181406/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/yela-mask/i2181406/" rel="nofollow">https://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/yela-mask/i2181406/</a></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/56/46/b6/5646b624f14ebb80a082a58cae1cda23.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://fi.pinterest.com/pin/436567757630959952/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fi.pinterest.com/pin/436567757630959952/" rel="nofollow">https://fi.pinterest.com/pin/436567757630959952/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That's my best guess for now. Part of the challenge of understanding African art is that, not only did the names of countries change over the last 150 years, but the names of ethnic groups can be quite variable as the orthography has evolved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3235757, member: 8267"]OK, I think I have the mystery figure this time. This one was published in a 2015 exhibition catalog titled "Uziri Wa Dunia", by Bruneaf gallery, in Brussels: [ATTACH=full]297133[/ATTACH] [URL]https://bruneaf.com/en/catalog[/URL] Kela figure of a standing male (once part of a couple) DR Congo Wood, pigments H: 31 cm 20th C. Provenance: Van Rijswijk collection 1930’s Private collection, Brussels Publication and exhibition: Mestach W., L’Intelligence des Formes, exhibition catalogue “Mestach l’africain”, Brussels, Bruneaf, 2007, cat. 101, p. 220. The Kela, Yela and Mbole ethnic groups are all located in the same area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). I have found a number of figures attributed to the Kela and Yela that include the broad vertical grooves on the head and torso, colored with red and white pigments. The head shapes are much more like CC's as well. This one from Bruneaf has the best provenance. Most of the others I have found on less reliable sites such as catawiki, and pinterest with broken links. But they all seem to point in the same direction of Kela/Yela attribution. [ATTACH=full]297145[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/Cubistic-Cult-Figure-medium-density-wood-Yela-DRC/38957275-cubistic_cult-29.7.20-catawiki[/URL] [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/86/dc/9886dcadc679abd0c5c03b0b3be1daec.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.pinterest.it/pin/783907878881700670/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]297142[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.catawiki.com/l/37403847-ancestor-figure-wood-kela-yela-statuette-dr-congo[/URL] There are also masks attributed to the Kela/Yela that show the same broad grooves and pigmentation: [IMG]https://images.lauritz.com/images/28F65D1C51C0DAD86CABE43DF3FBCDB5[/IMG] [URL]https://www.lauritz.com/en/auction/yela-mask/i2181406/[/URL] [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/56/46/b6/5646b624f14ebb80a082a58cae1cda23.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://fi.pinterest.com/pin/436567757630959952/[/URL] That's my best guess for now. Part of the challenge of understanding African art is that, not only did the names of countries change over the last 150 years, but the names of ethnic groups can be quite variable as the orthography has evolved.[/QUOTE]
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