Janiform magical figure "kabeja", D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba, Size: H: 30 cm (H: 11.8 inch), ID: 3046206

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Lot 276

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Janiform magical figure "kabeja" · D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba · ID: 3046206

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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.

The object Janiform magical figure “kabeja” with the object ID 3046206 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 276.

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Comparing literature

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

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