Janus power figure "mpwau" · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3053226
Starting price
EUR 2,000
Estimated price
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Sigfrid Södergren, SwedenSize
H: 53,5 cm
H: 21.1 inch
Description
wood, blackened in parts, rest.
Lehuard, who discovered some of these rare Janus-shaped power figures, found them each time on influential people and religious leaders. His research in the field confirmed that the possession of these figures was the sole prerogative of great leaders (Lehuard,1974, p.83).
Publications
Griesser, Michael, Södergren Collection, African Art, Innsbruck 2008, p. 8 & 44 f.
Exhibition
Foch och Form, Etnografisk Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 1954