Small standing figure · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3041640
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1998)
Description
wood, brown patina, reddish pigment, unusual posture, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
several of these small figures were in the diviner’s basket, after he shaked the basket, he interpreted the cause for a stroke of fate or told the future according to the position of figures now on top. Because of the pose it is very likely that “katwambimbi” is depicted, the “weeping woman” foretells an imminent dead.
The object Small standing figure with the object ID 3041640 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 90 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Jordán, Manuel, Ngombo - Wahrsagen und Kunst in Zentralafrika, München 2002, p. 24, ill. 6