Figural post · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3035127
Description
wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, round cross-section, carved with animals in flat relief, in the middle of the front side from the bottom to the top: antelope, turtle and fish, flanked by a snake on one side and a high-legged bird and ritual emblems on the other side, a stylized antelope head with long horns on the backside, crowned by a female half figure, slightly dam., cracks (continuous, on the left side of face and body), paint rubbed off, traces of weathering (above all at the base)
The object Figural post with the object ID 3035127 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 395.
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