Standing figure "mvunzi" ·  D. R. Congo, Holo · ID: 3036211

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, drilled holes in the upper arms, originally wearing a loincloth (lighter patina in the area of the hips), surmounted by a flat headgear with a hole on top, min. dam., fine cracks;
presumably a magical figure “mvunzi”, who protects humans against certain evil spirits. The main fortuneteller usually possesses such “mvunzi”, who employs them in cases of sickness, for theft or for the hunt.

The object Standing figure “mvunzi” with the object ID 3036211 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 554 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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