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)
The object Janiform magical figure “kabeja” with the object ID 3035294 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 366.
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Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, ill. 103
Publications
BRUNEAF, Brussels, 18.-22.01. 2012, p. 11