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Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga"), D. R. Congo, Lega, Size: H: 10,5 cm (H: 4.1 inch), ID: 3048254
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Lot 317
97th Auction

Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga") ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3048254

sold EUR 1,200
Provenance
Gertrud Duebi-Muller, Solothurn, Switzerland
Sotheby’s, London, 30 March 1981, Lot 252
Wolfgang & Vera Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 10,5 cm
H: 4.1 inch

Description

ivory,
A similar figure, representing Keitula, “the heart of the one who holds the wickerwork rattles”, is illustrated in Biebuyck, 1973, plate 84.

Comparing literature

Biebuyck, Daniel, Lega Culture, Berkeley 1973

Publications

AHDRC: 0025867

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.

Africa
Figures

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