Zemanek-Münster

Standing figure

D. R. Congo, Metoko
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, stylized body, cylindrical head with indicated eyes and rectangular head crest, ornaments in flat relief, slightly dam., on plate;
presumably a “kasimbi” figure which are placed in circumcision huts.


Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 111

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