Janus figure "kabeja" · D. R. Congo, Hemba · ID: 3032228
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Galerie Ros, Basel, SwitzerlandEduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, male/female, arranged back-to-back, round deepening with magical mass on the head, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fissures, on base;
“kabeja” figures are seen as visual icon of the primordial couple, the founders of the society. They are owned by the clan head known as the “fumu mwela”.
Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Approche des Arts Hemba, Villiers-le-Bel 1975, p. 39