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.
The object Power figure “khonsu” with the object ID 3040858 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 482 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 95