Mother figure with two children "kishikishi" ·  D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3048951

Description

wood, red pigment, rest.

Among the Pende, the possession of figurative sculpture was reserved for the chieftains.

Figures of this size representing mother and child were placed on the roof of ritual huts (cf. Strother, 2008, p. 33, fig. 6).

The figures watched over the community and were an indication of the presence of guardian spirits.

The object Mother figure with two children “kishikishi” with the object ID 3048951 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 309 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, p. 33, fig. 6