Group of miniature figures · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3047578
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsSize
H: 6,5 cm - 12 cm
H: 2.6 inch - 4.7 inch
Description
7 pcs., wood, pigments, five figures mounted on base, two figurines side by side fixed with cord
The figurines may once have served as personal protection figures or amulets, or they may have belonged to the utensils of a fortune teller, which were kept in special baskets.
The object Group of miniature figures with the object ID 3047578 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 135 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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