Zemanek-Münster

Power figure "khonsu"

D. R. Congo, Yaka
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

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