Zemanek-Münster

Small power figure ·  D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3038207

sold EUR 520
Provenance
Leo Meurrens, Leuven, Belgium
Size
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


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