Bembe, Bwende

DRC

Congo Brazzaville, Upper Bouenza River Region

Anthropomorphic Male figure

Wood, beads, glass

18 cm

AHDRC 0013111

Provenance

Josef Herman

Thomas Alexander

Private Collection US

Publications

Fagg, William.  ‘Miniature wood carvings of Africa’. 1970 p 57 #48

Forward written by Josef Herman

Expo Cat ‘Hair in African Art and Culture’. By Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman, New York

The Museum of African Art 2000. p 67 Cat#85

Exhibitions

“Hair in African Art and Culture”

-Museum of African Art. New York City, NY. Feb 28, 2000

-Apex Museum. Atlanta, Georgia, June 20, 2000

-Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center of Visual Arts. Stanford University, October 31-December 2000

-Charles H Wright Museum of African American History. 8 Feb-April 15 2001

-California African-American Museum. Los Angelos, California, 26 May to 15 August 2001

-Diggs Gallery. Winston Salem State University. Winston Salem, North Carolina, 22 September to 15 December 2001

-Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center. Jackson, Miss, 15 Jan to 8 March 2002

-Indiana University Art Museum. Bloomington, Indiana, 24 May-28 July 2002

-DuSable Museum of African American History. Chicago, Illinois 2003

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