Zemanek-Münster

Janiform magical figure "kabeja"

D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 3,500
Provenance
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France
Size
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


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

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