Figural amulet "kitekki" or "konda konda" ·  D. R. Congo, Hungana · ID: 3048564

Description

bone, base

These amulets, made of ivory or bone, usually depict stylised female figures in a kneeling pose.

They are referred to differently in the literature. Leo Frobenius, who travelled the Kwango-Kwilu region in 1905, called the amulets “kitekki”, which means “carved object”. The Belgian anthropologist Albert Maesen, who carried out expeditions in this area in the 1950s, referred to them in his notebook as “konda konda”.

The object Figural amulet “kitekki” or “konda konda” with the object ID 3048564 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 306 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L. (ed.), White gold, black hands, Vol. 3, Brussels 2012, p. 128 ff.