Power figure "khosi" with janus head · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3037852
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Size
H: 59 cm
H: 23.2 inch
Description
wood, remains of polychrome paint, plant fibres, a male and a female figure, arranged back to back with the bodies amalgamated, a massive neck supporting a big head with Yaka-typical faces and headgear, cavities in the belly filled with magical mass, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (hands, ears, thighs), slight traces of abrasion, base
Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 108, ill. 97