mbulu ngulu Wood, brass, copper, nails height 22 1/2in (57cm) Provenance Reportedly Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York Sol and Josephine Levitt Collection, New York TAD Tribal Art/Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C. This handsome mbulu ngulu of classic form rises from a lozenge base supporting a large and broad, oval concave facial plane with four sections of applied copper strips forming a cross pattern of brass with the nose in the center dividing cabochon eyes, the crescent form top and two side flanges covered with brass sheets to the front: copper strips wrap around the conical neck; dark brown patina with large area of erosion on the back.