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Holo People, DRC, Female Holo statue 'Mvunzi' with traces of Polychrome .

Description
The cult statue Mvunzi, represents an Ancestor carved with slightly bent legs and her hands joining on the abdomen. The crested hairdo, proportioned body, scarified face with coffee-bean eyes, bent legs, and blue polychrome characterizes their Holo’s Art Style. The Holo are a small Matriarchal Tribe living in the Kwango Area on the DRC-Angola border (population of +/- 6000 in DRC). The holo sculpture is significantly varied due to the influences of their culturally dominant neighbours: Suku, Yaka, Lunda, Tshokwe and others. Bibliography: ’ L'art holo du Haut-Kwango = Die Kunst der Holo aus dem Gebiet des oberlaufes des Kwango = Holo art from the area along the upper course of the Kwango’, Francois Neyt., München, 1982. Provenance: ex collection Jos Humblet, Belgium Dated to the first half of the 20th-century Dimensions approx. 40x9x7 cm Tribal Art / African Art.