Magical figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3027917
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Galerie Egeskov, Kopenhagen, DenmarkVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, clay-like encrusted patina, the body entirely coated with a spherical package, filled with magical matters and spread with a clay-like compact mass, just the head is left free, slightly dam., cracks, block-like socle
The object Magical figure “biteki” with the object ID 3027917 was part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction on March 9, 2013. The object with the lot number 184 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500 with an asking price of EUR 800.
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