Half figure with magical loading · D. R. Congo, Kasongo · ID: 3046201
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Provenance
Dutch Private Collection, 1980sJan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, fabric, base
Figures with mass-filled recesses in their heads were mostly the property of healers.
A half-figure of the same artist shown at African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre, number 0017758.
The object Half figure with magical loading with the object ID 3046201 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 256.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 52