Power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Yaka/Suku · ID: 3042927

Name: Power figure "biteki"
SKU: 3042927
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden

Size

H: 32,5 cm

H: 12.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigment, the body completely wrapped in fabric, filled with magical ingredients, covered by a thick layer of encrusted mass and wrapped with strips of fabric, bunches of sticks emerging from each shoulder, rich sacrificial traces, slightly dam. (head), missing part (left foot tip), rep. (right foot tip), base.
The particular form of a statuette does not generally permit identification of its function, the kind of loading alone determines its purpose.

The object Power figure “biteki” with the object ID 3042927 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 482.

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