Rare trunk figure "bampundu"

D. R. Congo, Tabwa

sold EUR 450

Provenance

Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland

Size

H: 15 cm

H: 5.9 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

A comparably abstracted figure with a cylindrical head depicted in Dagan (1990), p. 107, fig. 39.4.

This figure type / doll is associated with the twin cult.

Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 88, ill. VI/4 Dagan, Esther A., African Dolls for play and magic, Montreal 1990, p. 107, ill. 39.4

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