Power figure "khonso" · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3035409
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Provenance
Belgian Colonial CollectionJoaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, arm- and legless body, the human head surmounted by animal horns, drilled holes (ears), min. dam., cracks, socle;
this carving with oblong ventral cavity is used for drinking a prepared potion. The “khonso” was used for hunting rites.
The object Power figure “khonso” with the object ID 3035409 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 420.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, pl. XXV, ill. 2