Standing female figure "nkhosi", Gabon, Lumbo, Size: H: 19 cm (H: 7.5 inch), ID: 3044712

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Lot 236

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Standing female figure "nkhosi" · Gabon, Lumbo · ID: 3044712

sold EUR 1,400

Provenance

John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA

Size

H: 19 cm

H: 7.5 inch

Description

wood, base

This figures had a divinatory function or acted to protect lineage-related relics. They were ritual tools of the “nganga”(diviner/healer).

Comparing literature

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 275

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