Squatting female power figure · D. R. Congo, Kanyok (Kanioka) / Kuba Kingdom · ID: 3047240
sold
EUR 1,700
Provenance
Eugeen Reuse, Moorslede, Belgium (coll. in the Congo 1900-1904)Family estate (until 2014)
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
wood, glass beads, deepenings for insertion of magical substances
In this unusual figure the connection with a fertility cult seems obvious.The way the forearms and lower legs merge into a single unit is reminiscent of the abstraction of modern sculpture.
Publications
AHDRC: 0130050