Hunting charm · D. R. Congo, Ngbandi · ID: 3042494
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.
The object Hunting charm with the object ID 3042494 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 443.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 122 f.