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Male ancestor figure "singiti", D. R. Congo, Hemba, Size: H: 54 cm (H: 21.3 inch), ID: 3052087
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Male ancestor figure "singiti" ·  D. R. Congo, Hemba · ID: 3052087

Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
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Provenance
Jan Cocle, Roeselare, Belgium
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1997)
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch

Description

wood, pigments, collection no. “749”

As spiritual mediators between the living and the dead, these figures were preserved in a shrine, where they were paid homage with prayers and blood sacrifices.

Africa
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