Zemanek-Münster

Janiform power figure "kabeja"

D. R. Congo, Hemba
sold EUR 1,050
Provenance
Lotte Kraus, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 32,5 cm
H: 12.8 inch

Description

wood, spotty dark patina, a male and a female, back to back rising from an oval base, heads with widely protruding chins, hole on top of the head for insertion of magic material, dam., large missing parts through insect caused damage (legs, base), base


Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Approche des Arts Hemba, Villiers-le-Bel 1975, p. 39, ill. 36 f.

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