Small standing protective figure ·  D. R. Congo, Lulua · ID: 3032718

Description

wood, brown patina, elaborate scarifications and pokerwork, circular drillings in the head area, rep. (right foot), min. dam., minor missing parts;
a work of the same artist published: D. Scharf, DuMont 1999, p. 13 f. , fig. 1 - 4;
such small protective figures served the general well being, brought luck and beauty, should protect pregnant women and increase fertility.