Rare little fetish half figure

D. R. Congo, Lulua

sold EUR 900

Provenance

Field collected by Kandico
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Thomas Olbricht, Essen, Germany (1996)

Size

H: 12,5 cm

H: 4.9 inch

Description

wood, pigment residues, animal fur, feathers, plant fibre, handwritten inventory number “FX92 225”, base

Various cavities were used to insert magical charges. The covering with animal fur and the inserted feathers are still original addenda.

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 88 ff.

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