Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Dengese · ID: 3032275
not available anymore
Provenance
Émile-Francois Chambon, Geneva, Switzerland (1994)Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 29