Standing female power figure "yiteke" ("biteke")
D. R. Congo, Suku
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsSize
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.