Female miniature figure ·  D. R. Congo, Bakwa Luntu · ID: 3032174

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black paint at the coiffure, bulging belly, prominent female genitalia, slightly dam.;
sculptures of the Luntu are rare and their function unknown in many cases. Present figure presumably a fetish to encourage female fertitlity.

Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 92