Zemanek-Münster

Janiform magical figure "kabeja"

D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Size
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

Publications

BRUNEAF, Brussels, 18.-22.01. 2012, p. 11

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