Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Female miniature figure

D. R. Congo, Bakwa Luntu
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 16,5 cm
H: 6.5 inch

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

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