"Sir Kambamba-Who-has-one-leg" Statuette ·  D. R. Congo, Suku · ID: 3034947

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, provided with only one leg and one arm, opening in the belly for insertion of magical substances, drilled holes for suspension, slightly dam., minor missing parts (ears), cracks, plate;
belonging to the so-called “m-mbwoolu-tsyo” statuettes. They appear in series that can number as many as twenty figures in a single ritual shelter, at which “Sir Kambamba-Who-has-one-leg” is often the principal one. Missing limbs, twisted body or swelling torso appear to be representations of the situation in which the victim or his/her antecedents have been involved.

The object “Sir Kambamba-Who-has-one-leg” Statuette with the object ID 3034947 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 427 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, pl. XV