Female power figure · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3037856

Name: Female power figure
SKU: 3037856
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

John Tenney, s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Size

H: 61,5 cm

H: 24.2 inch

Description

wood, braune Patina, closed cavity at the belly presumably containing magical mass, armpits with drilled holes, min. dam., small missing part through insect caused damage (back of the head), base;
possibly there were packages of magical loading attached to both arms and further paraphernalias added to the figure, which is presumably a magical figure “phuungu”. These figures served as containers for protective magical power exercised by the experts against illness, to avenge sorcery and for supernatural assistance in hunting.

The object Female power figure with the object ID 3037856 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 510.

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