Standing female figure "mwunzi" · D. R. Congo, Holo · ID: 3034999
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Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny blackish brown ptaina, the big hands resting on the chest, pierced ears (one with metal earring), min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
presumably a magical figure “mvunzi”, who protects humans against certain evil spirits. The main fortuneteller usually possesses such “mvunzi”, who employs them in cases of sickness, for theft or for the hunt.
The object Standing female figure “mwunzi” with the object ID 3034999 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 374.
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