Janiform magical figure "kabeja" · D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba · ID: 3046206
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Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, SwitzerlandAdrian 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.
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 201