Power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3035862
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Gallerie Burgui, Paris, France (1969)Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown encrusted patina, just feet and head visible, the rest of the body concealed underneath a spherical package, the face coated with fine linear incisions, sacrificial traces, slightly dam., cracks (left face half), minor chips of mass, base
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 575 f.