Janiform magical figure "kabeja" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3035294
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Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 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., cracks, missing parts through insect caused damage (bottom)
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, ill. 103