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Rare trunk figure "bampundu", D. R. Congo, Tabwa, Size: H: 15 cm (H: 5.9 inch), ID: 3045671
Rare trunk figure "bampundu", D. R. Congo, Tabwa, Size: H: 15 cm (H: 5.9 inch), ID: 3045671 - 2/5 Rare trunk figure "bampundu", D. R. Congo, Tabwa, Size: H: 15 cm (H: 5.9 inch), ID: 3045671 - 3/5 Rare trunk figure "bampundu", D. R. Congo, Tabwa, Size: H: 15 cm (H: 5.9 inch), ID: 3045671 - 4/5 Rare trunk figure "bampundu", D. R. Congo, Tabwa, Size: H: 15 cm (H: 5.9 inch), ID: 3045671 - 5/5
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Lot 70
92nd Tribal Art Auction

Rare trunk figure "bampundu" ·  D. R. Congo, Tabwa · ID: 3045671

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.

Comparing literature

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

Africa
Figures

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