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Lot 217 Dα

THREE MONGO KONGA BELTS

Auction 1103 - overview Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)

THREE MONGO KONGA BELTS
Democratic Republic of the Congo

23 to 25 cm. wide

Cf. Sieber, R., "African Textiles and Decorative Arts", New York 1972, p.52

Provenance

The Pen and Palette Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, for two; the third from the collection of a Belgian colonial administrator.

The Pen and Palette Club was founded in 1900 for men with an interest in the arts and law, and from 1908 was located next to the Laing Art Gallery in Higham Place, Newcastle. The club's small ethnographic collection was sold in 2012 following a move to new premises.