Squatting anthropomorphic figure · D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa) · ID: 3050129
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Provenance
Charles Courtin (✝ 1954), Antwerp, BelgiumSize
H: 14,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch
Description
wood, rest.
According to M. L. Felix (1987:88) crouching human figures were intended to ward off disease and to act as an intermediary with the afterworld.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 88 f.