Spear (Mukuba)

Chokwe people, DR Congo/Angola, late 19th c.

Carved wood with iron

65” h x 1.75” w (165.1 x 4.45 cm)

Price: $3,500

 
 

A classic example of a Chokwe spear. These spears are adorned with figures representing fertility amulets formerly worn suspended from the belts of Chokwe women (Sotheby’s 1986, lot 99).

REFERENCES

African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, Friday 13 May 2011, Sotheby’s (New York, 2011), lot 95.

Bastin, Marie-Louise. La Sculpture Tshokwe. Meudon: A. et F. Chaffin, 1982, p. 215, fig. 132.

Tribal Art, Monday 1 December 1986, Sotheby’s (London, 1986), lot 99.