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
Comparing literature
Gardi, Bernhard, Zaire - Masken Figuren, Basel 1986, ill. 17