The genius of the African artist made material a divine abstract concept, the super being. And he did it with nothing in the middle of nowhere, far from any objective influence, in the heart of swamps and hostile forests, a place that could break the most hardened spirit. “How? Why here and now?” will forever remain unanswered questions.
Formerly in Umberto Giacomelli’s collection, Italy. Received as a gift from His Eimnence A.Tamba, order of the Saveriani missionary, in a Kivu village in Lega territory circa 1970 Anna Demina Collection, Milan
C.H. Pirat, On the Trail of the Elephant… and that of Abu Ballas. The use of headrests in Africa, from prehistory to present, Rimedia editions, 2021, p. 204.