Standing janus figure "khosi" · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3032159

Name: Standing janus figure "khosi"
SKU: 3032159
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany

Size

H: 22,5 cm

H: 8.9 inch

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, a male and a female figure, arranged back to back with the bodies amalgamated, nearly identical faces, cavities in the belly filled with magical mass, sickle-shaped headgear, min. dam.;
such figures appear in different versions: free standing pairs, joined back to back or single statuettes with janus face. They were kept within a special hut in the compound of a headman or chief.

The object Standing janus figure “khosi” with the object ID 3032159 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 128.

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