Standing female figure "nkhosi" · Gabon, Lumbo · ID: 3044712
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USASize
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