Zemanek-Münster

Male power figure

D. R. Congo, Bembe
sold EUR 2,200
Provenance
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, fragmentary (forearms and -legs missing), rectangular cavity for the insertion of magical mass, eyes inset with porcelain (left one missing), characteristic beard and headgear, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 145, ill. 80

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