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

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

The object Janus headed power figure “kalunga” with the object ID 3040602 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 374 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

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