Large male figure · D. R. Congo, Metoko · ID: 3052302
Starting price
EUR 4,000
Estimated price
EUR 8,000
Provenance
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, GermanySize
H: 147,5 cm
H: 58.1 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
Most of their figures have multiple uses which are connected with the"‘kota" (“bukota”) society forming the centre of social and political life, just like the “bwami” society of the Lega.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 282