Janus headed power figure "kalunga", D. R. Congo, Bembe (Eastern), Size: H: 18 cm (H: 7.1 inch), ID: 3040602

Janus headed power figure "kalunga", D. R. Congo, Bembe (Eastern), Size: H: 18 cm (H: 7.1 inch), ID: 3040602 - 2/5

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Lot 374

83rd Tribal Art Auction

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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