The Tabwa are an ethnic group living mainly on the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika, and in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This is a beautiful and elegant Tabwa sculpture from the Congo, with a brown patina carved from wood. The Tabwa sculptures played a function of consolidating the power of the chiefs. Other statuettes were used for divination.
- Material: Wood
- Condition: Good
- Age:55-60yrs
- Origin: DRC Congo
- SKU: LSTA-119
- Weight: 0.8 kg
- Dimensions: 7 x 48 x 6 cm