Janiform magical figure "kabeja"

D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba

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Provenance

Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 30 cm

H: 11.8 inch

Description

wood, rep. (wrists), base

“Kabeja” may be used for divination, or as part of a chief’s royal treasury, or for religious veneration and invocation.

Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 201

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