Janiform magical figure "kabeja" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3034101
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Pierre Vérité, Paris, FranceSize
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, two nearly identical figures, male and female, joined back-to-back, cavity on top of their heads filled with magical substances, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and insect caused damage
The object Janiform magical figure “kabeja” with the object ID 3034101 was part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction on March 9, 2013. The object with the lot number 451 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.
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Expertise
Claude Verité, Paris 1980, Inventory No. 491
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 35, ill. 5