Hunting charm · D. R. Congo, Ngbandi · ID: 3042494
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Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, anthropomorphic head rising from long columnar neck, provided with drilled hole and sewn in animal skin, forehead, eyes and nose ridge accentuated by white miniature glass beads, both ears/drilled holes broken out on both sides (used for suspension), dam. (nose, mouth), minor missing parts (animal skin), base;
owned by higher ranking members of the “lombe” warrior society.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 122 f.