Small female power figure ·  D. R. Congo, Vili · ID: 3032536

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, rising from slightly bent legs, both hands grasping the breasts, cavities in the belly and on top of the head for the insertion of magical mass, facial features partly rubbed off, min. dam., cracks, minor missing parts, on wooden base;
the ethnical group of the Vili, living at the estuary of Zaire River, once belonged to the Kingdom of Kongo. Their masks, sculptures and objects stylistically are closely related to the works of their neighbours, the Kakongo, Woyo and Yombe.

The object Small female power figure with the object ID 3032536 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 473.

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Publications

Ferrandin, Yann, Kongo, Art magique, Belgien 2009, ill. 33