Small power figure · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3038207
sold
EUR 520
Provenance
Leo Meurrens, Leuven, BelgiumSize
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, the body enclosed by a package filled with magical mass, inset with two tufts of animal hair, crowned by a janus head with tribe-typical facial features, min. dam., base
The object Small power figure with the object ID 3038207 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 501 achieved a sales price of EUR 520.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, pl. XXI