Janiform power figure "kabeja", around 1900 · D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba · ID: 3051088

Name: Janiform power figure "kabeja", around 1900
SKU: 3051088
Price: 2200 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,200

Provenance

Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Ketterer, Munich, 25. June 1987, Lot 119
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

H: 27 cm

H: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, pigments, encrusted patina, base

Comparing literature

Publications

Wipplinger, Hans-Peter (Hg.), "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", Köln 2016, p. 86 (left)

Exhibition

Wien, Leopold Museum: "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", 23. September 2016 - 9. Januar 2017

Africa

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