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Standing female power figure "phuungu" ·  D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3036932

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Provenance
Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, rattan, bulging stomach, accentuated by scarification marks and protruding navel, packages resp. small baskets of magical loading (feathers etc.) attached to both arms, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base


The object Standing female power figure “phuungu” with the object ID 3036932 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 532.

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Comparing literature

Riley, Renaud, L' Autonomie du fétiche chez les Yaka du Congo, Bruxelles 2012


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