Post · D. R. Congo, Metoko · ID: 3034520
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Provenance
Georges-Jean Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SwitzerlandSize
H: 68 cm
H: 26.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, surmounted by a standing figure, wearing an iron ring around the neck, min. dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion;
posts of this type are coherent with circumcision rites, they mark the border and the entrance of the camp.
The object Post with the object ID 3034520 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 457.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 111, ill. 2