An ancient anthropomorphic pendant with a very rhythmic stylization of the face and body, characteristic of this rare corpus, pierced with two carrying holes in the armpits of the figure, as in the examples from the former W. W. Brill collections or from the former collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. Hungana, (or Bawana), Democratic Republic of Congo Ivory, wear, nice patina. H. 6,4 cm Provenance : - André Derain Collection, Paris 1930. - Collection Anne and Jacques Kerchache. Exhibitions and publications : - Retrospective André Derain: le peintre du trouble moderne, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, November 18, 1994 - March 19, 1995, reproduced p. 403. - Gems, Monumental Miniatures from America, Pacific, South East Asia and Africa, 2009, fig. 61.

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