Head sculpture of the "dyo" snake cult · D. R. Congo, Kuyu · ID: 3052064
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Provenance
Auktionshaus und Kunstgalerie Hans-Dieter Dahlmann, Hilden, Germany (1980)Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Size
H: 56,5 cm
H: 22.2 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint,
The object Head sculpture of the “dyo” snake cult with the object ID 3052064 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 264.
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Comparing literature
Anne-Marie Bénézech, "The deferred Discovery of Kuyu Art, in: Tribal Art Magazine, No 83, Spring 2017, p. 92-107