Squatting anthropomorphic figure

D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)

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Provenance

Charles Courtin (✝ 1954), Antwerp, Belgium

Size

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.

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 88 f.

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