Standing female figure "kaponya" · Angola, Chokwe · ID: 3048256
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
German Private Collection, Ruhr areaSize
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, rest.
According to Bastin, the term “kaponya” (pl. “tuponya”) is the generic name for a figurative sculpture. In order to become a “hamba” (pl. “mahamba”), a figure has to be consecrated by a ritual specialist or healer “mbuki”.
The term “hamba” in its primary interpretation refers to ancestor and nature spirits, sometimes called tutelary spirits, that mediate between God (“kalunga” or “nzambi”) and man.