Amulet "mikisi mihasi" ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3039101

Description

ivory, polished, remains of pigments, base

Luba ivory pendants are portraits, or at least likenessess, and are named and honored in memory of certain revered ancestors.

Sculpted from bone and horn as well as from ivory, these delicate diminutive figures were suspended from cords together with other objects, including amulets, beads, and horns. The cords were worn diagonally across the chest or were attached to the arm.

Devotees anointed the figures with oil in homage of the ancestors.

The object Amulet “mikisi mihasi” with the object ID 3039101 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 225.

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Comparing literature

Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 108 f.

Notices

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.