Male figure of a dancer

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Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, rising from a round base, wearing a “mukinka” mask, tattoos on the upper part of the legs, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
these masked dancer figures are a later addition taken from the Chokwe.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 153, ill. 11

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