Figure of a clan leader

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Description

light wood, dark brown patina, bearded face with sharp cut facial features and projecting ears, cross tattoo on the cheeks, breast ornament in pokerwork, holding a thin staff in his right hand, old collection number handwritten at the right foot “M.H.1/21.”, slightly dam., cracks (left side of the head, neck, upper part of the body), rep. (both foot tips);
the staff as symbol of power.

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Publications

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 199, ill. 4 (published as drawing)

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