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.
Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, pl. XXV, ill. 2