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Lot 101 Dα

LUBA FEMALE FIGURE

Auction 1241 - overview Brussels
31.01.2024, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.276 € (incl. premium)

LUBA FEMALE FIGURE
Democratic Republic of the Congo

47 cm. high

André Scohy (1914-1994) arrived in the Belgian Congo in 1938. Initially a civil servant, he later served as a territorial administrator before eventually becoming the director of Radio Congo. Throughout his stay in the Congo, he traveled extensively in the region and collected various aretafacts, including the following six lots. His renowned book, "Etapes au Soleil", received an award for colonial journalism in 1952.

Provenance

collected by André Scohy (1914-1994)
and by descent through the family