Standing female figure "kangulungu", D. R. Congo, Pende, Size: H: 38,5 cm (H: 15.2 inch), ID: 3047583

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Lot 126

Standing female figure "kangulungu" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3047583

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Provenance

Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands

Size

H: 38,5 cm

H: 15.2 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

Such free-standing sculptures in the round were kept in the inner chamber of the chief’s ritual house, where they served as power objects used both to protect and discipline the chief.

Comparing literature

Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, p. 108, pl. 40

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