Standing male figure ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3034884

Description

ivory, honey brown patina, remains of camwood powder, circle-shaped eyes with central dot, a triangular recess forming the mouth, slightly dam., socle;
within men’s society “bwami” just members of the “kindi” level were allowed to possess such ivory figures. Each object was combined with special proverbs implying positive or negative meaning, depending on the context in which they were used.

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3034884 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 343 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,250.

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