Small power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3043609
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Provenance
Craig de Lora, New Jersey, USAOlaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
Description
wood, partly oily dark brown patina, animal inserted, the body completely wrapped in a package of magical ingredients, further loading on the head, min. dam., small missing parts, base
The object Small power figure “biteki” with the object ID 3043609 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 470.
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Publications
Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Celle 2012, p. 46