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Standing female power figure "yiteke" ("biteke"), D. R. Congo, Suku, Size: H: 28,5 cm (H: 11.2 inch), ID: 3047508
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Lot 120
96th Auction

Standing female power figure "yiteke" ("biteke") ·  D. R. Congo, Suku · ID: 3047508

sold EUR 350
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

The Yaka and Suku carved different types of magical figures, which were provided with various magical substances and activated by spells and special rites, and had the most diverse functions.

This figure has various openings for inserting medicines and may have been hung with other magical ingredients.

The object Standing female power figure “yiteke” (“biteke”) with the object ID 3047508 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 120 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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