Standing male figure · D. R. Congo, Basikasingo · ID: 3042012

Name: Standing male figure
SKU: 3042012
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 63 cm

H: 24.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, of closed contour, dam., traces of insect caused damage, missing parts (foot tips), cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the Basikasingo have rites for ancestors, who have the power to cause disease and misfortune. If a mischief happened, people tried to experience the wishes of the ancestors by interpreting dreams and by sooth saying. They were kept in small shrines under the authority and guardianship of a petty chief, village headman or dominant lineage elder. Sometimes such figures were individually identified ancestors, called “bashumbu”.

The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3042012 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 349.

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