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Power figure "Sir kambamba-who-has-one-leg" of the ‘m-mbwoolu-tsyo’ ritual institution
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Lot 33
Auction 103

Power figure "Sir kambamba-who-has-one-leg" of the ‘m-mbwoolu-tsyo’ ritual institution

D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Bruno Heimberg (1933-2023), Munich, Germany
Size
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, black mass, animal teeth, base

Comparing literature

Bourgeois, Arthur P., "Art of the Yaka and Suku", Paris 1984, p. 109 Bourgeois, Arthur P., "Mbwoolo Sculpture of the Yaka", in: African Arts, Vol.XII, Nr.3, May 1979, p. 58-61
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