Small male figure · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3032544

Name: Small male figure
SKU: 3032544
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 14 cm

H: 5.5 inch

Description

wood, middle brown patina, elaborate carved in clear and symmetrical arranged geometric forms, showing the typical Yaka hook-shaped nose, a cylindrical receptacle on the head, closed with a wooden stopper, fixed with leather strip and copper wire, rep. (nose), on block-like pedestal;
figures like the pesent one belonged to individuals. They served as containers for magical substances exercised by the experts against illness, to avenge sorcery and for supernatural assistance in hunting.

The object Small male figure with the object ID 3032544 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 476.

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