Power figure "khonsu" · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3040858
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium (1994)Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 463
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, cylindrical body with square opening for insertion of magical mass, covered by cuff from animal hair, min. dam., fine cracks;
“khonsu” represents a power figure used for hunting rites.
Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 95