Power half figure "kakudji" · D. R. Congo, Kasongo · ID: 3032698
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, string of plant fibre and animal skin, head with elongated chin beard, cavity in the head filled with magical material, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
the Kasongo are neighbours with the Hemba, the Songe, the Bangubangu, the Kusu and the Tetela, which influenced their figures stylistically.