Standing figure ·  D. R. Congo, Suku · ID: 3034814

Description

wood, brown patina, pokerwork, strings of plant fibre, circular drillings in the hands, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, wooden socle;
there were possibly packages of magical loading attached to both hands and further paraphernalias added to the figure, which is presumably a magical figure “phuungu”. These figures served as containers for protective magical power exercised by the experts against illness, to avenge sorcery and for supernatural assistance in hunting.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3034814 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 424.

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