Ritual trunk figure · D. R. Congo, Holo · ID: 3047997
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Fred Jahn, Munich, GermanySize
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
The cylindrical trunk of this figure is equipped with a square recess. A comparable figure is illustrated in Neyt, Munich, 1982, p. 54. This type of figure belonged to the utensils of a diviner.
Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Die Kunst der Holo, München 1982, p. 54