Pair of ancestor figures "mukuya" · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3033958

Name: Pair of ancestor figures "mukuya"
SKU: 3033958
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Jacques R. van Overstraeten, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 37 cm

H: 14.6 inch

Description

wood, honey brown patina, dark brown paint, eyes with white porcelain inlay, unusual: standing side by side embracing each other, the elongated trunks richly decorated with scarification marks, small openings backside (“crypto fetish”), slightly dam., minor missing parts (left ear of the male figure, backside of the base), paint rubbed off, crack;
according to Lehuard the tattoos mark the identity of the depicted person as well as her social rank. The term “crypto-power figures” was introduced by William Fagg. The cavity served for insertion of magical loading by the “nganga”, the sorcerer.

The object Pair of ancestor figures “mukuya” with the object ID 3033958 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 360.

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