Standing female ancestor figure "mukuya" · D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3033982
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Size
H: 13 cm
H: 5.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, blackened in parts, holding two ritual implements, a knife and a calabash, skin scarification on the belly, eyes with porcelain inlay, round cavity for relics on the back, min. dam., crack, on acrylic base
The object Standing female ancestor figure “mukuya” with the object ID 3033982 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 362.
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Comparing literature
Gardi, Bernhard, Zaire - Masken Figuren, Basel 1986, ill. 17