Power half figure "kakudji" · D. R. Congo, Hemba / Eastern Luba, Muhona - Nkuvu Style · ID: 3049709
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Hermann Historica, Munich, 9./10. April 2008, Lot 4239Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, oil or wax treated surface, base
This beautiful half-figure wears a container on its head, which still contains remnants of magical mass.
A stylistically very similar “singiti” figure in the Muhona-Nkuvu style was auctioned on 11 November 2017 as lot 389 at Zemanek-Münster (AHDRC 0029177).
The object Power half figure “kakudji” with the object ID 3049709 was last part of the auction Sale 100 at April 15, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 68 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Neyt, François, La Grande Statuaire Hemba du Zaire, Louvain-la-Neuve 1977, p. 234