Power half figure "kakudij" ·  D. R. Congo, Kusu · ID: 3036010

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, broad face with indicated beard, fine arching brows and vertical incision across forehead and nose bridge, a coarse body in contrast, opening in the head filled with magical mass, slightly dam., base;
the Kusu live in the east of the Kongo. Their neighbours to the east are the Hemba, to the south the Songe and to the northeast the Lega. Carvings of the Kusu show the influences of the adjoining groups, so the “kakudji” half figures like the present one, are influenced by the Kasongo.

The object Power half figure “kakudij” with the object ID 3036010 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 407.

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