Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Hungana (Hungaan) · ID: 3033644
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Size
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch
Description
wood, slight traces of abrasion
According to Felix, these larger figures of the Hungaan, together with the skulls, are said to have been kept at ancestral shrines.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3033644 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 212.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 43, ill. 17