Small standing female figure ·  D. R. Congo, Yombe · ID: 3037865

Description

wood, shiny, middle brown patina, blackened in parts, holding two longish items, oval head with flattened chin, crowned by a three-lobed coiffure, min. dam., crack (base), slight traces of abrasion;
present figure was not created as a magical figure (“nkisi”), because it lacks any openings or attachments for insertion of magical substances.

The object Small standing female figure with the object ID 3037865 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 514.

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