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.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 52