Small fetish figure · D. R. Congo, Lulua · ID: 3032455
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 11,5 cm
H: 4.5 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, squatting posture, the elbows resting on the knees, a flat head crest with round cavity, filled with clay-like mass, traces of an inserted horn, originally placed on the head, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, crack, on metal base;
fetish figures are rare, but a few are known in wood and clay.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 88 f.