Cross-legged male ancestor figure · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3039537
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Dutch CollectionSize
H: 19,2 cm
H: 7.6 inch
Description
wood, matt reddish brown patina, glazed eyes with painted pupils, carved with a titled cap “mpu”, the bangle worn around the wrist denoting social status, old collection label “436” backside, slightly dam., minor missing parts (foot tips), fine cracks (right lower leg), abrasion of paint, base;
the figure was probably a portrait reliquary of an important departed or used in the veneration of ancestral spirits,
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 292, ill. 8,24