Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Dengese · ID: 3032275
Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, a string of red glass beads around the neck, min. dam., missing parts (foot tips), cracks, on wooden base;
presumably an ancestral female figure, like the Ndengese used to place on the tombs of “etotoshi” members. “Etotoshi” is the highest level of the “ikoho” society, linking important Ndengese citizens, giving them great power.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3032275 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 211.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 29