Janiform power figure "kabeja" · D. R. Congo, Hemba · ID: 3038546
sold
EUR 1,050
Provenance
Lotte Kraus, Hamburg, GermanySize
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
The object Janiform power figure “kabeja” with the object ID 3038546 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 427 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,050.
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Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Approche des Arts Hemba, Villiers-le-Bel 1975, p. 39, ill. 36 f.