Janus-headed power figure "biteki" ·  D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3034578

Description

wood, brown patina, red pigment remains, the whole body wrapped in a package of magical mass, nearly identical faces, one with grooved nose ridge, min. dam., minor missing part, slight traces of abrasion.

The object Janus-headed power figure “biteki” with the object ID 3034578 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 470 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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