Figurally carved staff · D. R. Congo, Metoko · ID: 3044726
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Provenance
Georges-Jean Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SwitzerlandPierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 67,5 cm
H: 26.6 inch
Description
wood, metal, base
According to Felix, such staffs are used for circumcision rites. The anthropomorphic head “ikuo” is the emblem of the “kasimbi”, the organizer of the circumcision rites.
The object Figurally carved staff with the object ID 3044726 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 294.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 111, ill. 2