Small power figure "mbulenga" · D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa) · ID: 3046663
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Provenance
French CollectionSize
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch
Description
wood, pigment remains, base
This figures were used by a cult called “bwanga bwa bwimpe”. The “bwimpe” cult was meant first and foremost to safeguard and foster the fertility of a young mother and the beauty and health of a young child or newborn.
The object Small power figure “mbulenga” with the object ID 3046663 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 332.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 326
Publications
AHDRC: 0162576