Zemanek-Münster

Janus headed power figure "kalunga" ·  D. R. Congo, Bembe (Eastern) · ID: 3040602

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
Size
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, red pigment, two nearly identical carved mask faces with large oval deepened eye-sockets, feathers, plant fibre cord (for attachment of grass fibre cuff), slighty dam., minor missing parts (head), cracks, base


Comparing literature

Biebuyck, Daniel P., Statuary from the pre-Bembe hunters, Tervuren 1981, p.152


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