Standing female figure · Angola / Zambia, Luena · ID: 3046222
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Provenance
Mark Eglinton, New York, USASize
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, mirror glass, cracks, base
This figure, which carries a baby on its back and clearly shows the next pregnancy, was certainly used in the context of fertility.
The opening in the head, as well as the opening closed with mirror glass in the stomach, allowed the medicine men to fill it with the required magical substances.
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3046222 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 319.
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