Small standing figure · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3041640
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyHans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany (1998)
Size
H: 10,5 cm
H: 4.1 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Jordán, Manuel, Ngombo - Wahrsagen und Kunst in Zentralafrika, München 2002, p. 24, ill. 6