Standing female power figure "phuungu" ·  D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3033950

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, the upper part of the body wrapped with bands of fabric, small pouches with wooden sticks attached to either arm, the breast and the round belly coated with clay-like mass, showing sacrificial traces, Yaka-typical snub nose in distinct form, collection number backside at the right foot: “32098”, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, cracks, on block-like base;

The object Standing female power figure “phuungu” with the object ID 3033950 was part of the auction 71st tribal art auction on November 24, 2012. The object with the lot number 453 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000 with an asking price of EUR 2,800.

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Comparing literature

Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 110 f.

Publications

A. P. Bourgeois, Sculpture khosi chez les Yaka et leurs voisins, p. 74, Fig. 22 in: Tribal VIII:IV - numéro 5, Hiver 2003