Standing figure ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3036907

Description

bone, partly shiny patina, rather flat worked, slightly asymmetrical body forms and facial features, dark dicolourations at the back, min. dam., fine cracks, min. missing parts, base;
most works of Lega sculpture (wood, ivory, bone and stone) are objects for “bwami” society and are kept in ritual baskets. They represent mythical beings or depict proverbs and are used as teaching implements or mnemonic devices. There are different types of anthropomorphic figures, depicting various characters.

The object Standing figure with the object ID 3036907 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 443.

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