Figure in wooden frame with Christian cross · D. R. Congo / Angola, Holo · ID: 3049964
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany (2013)
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Description
wood, pigment residues, base
In the 17th century, Portuguese Capuchin monks founded the mission station Sainte-Marie de Matamba in Angola. From there, the missionaries were active in the entire region and preached the gospel with crucifix and votive pictures framed in glass (“santu”).
In the course of time, the Holo picked up elements borrowed from Christianity and integrated them in a quite individual, syncretic manner into the “nzambi”- cult. With its outstretched arms, the figure in the “nzambi” frame is reminiscent of the image of Christ on the cross.
The object Figure in wooden frame with Christian cross with the object ID 3049964 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 153 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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