Standing ancestor figure · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3036598
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Provenance
Belgian Colonial CollectionChristie’s Paris, 4 December 2008, lot 193
Size
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
wood, slightly shiny middle brown patina, hermaphrodite figure with male and female attributes, the coiffure backside arranged cross-shaped, min. dam., small missing parts (right heel), cracks, base;
in Luba sculpture, hermaphrodism expresses the dualistic nature of power.
The object Standing ancestor figure with the object ID 3036598 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 571.
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Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 122, ill. 48