Standing male figure
· D. R. Congo, Suku
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ID: 3043601
not available anymore
Provenance
Cheveau, Brussels, BelgiumMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
Max Itzikovitz, Paris, France
Ruth & Marc Franklin, San Francisco, USA
Pace Gallery, New York, USA (Inventory No. 54-2832)
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 52,5 cm
H: 20.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of red paint, the face dominated by small slit eyes and voluminous cheeks, delicate coiffure with raised middle ridge, dam., missing parts, traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, cracks, base.
There were possibly paraphernalias added to the figure, which is presumably a magical figure “phuungu”. These figures served as containers for protective magical power exercised by the experts against illness, to avenge sorcery and for supernatural assistance in hunting.
Expertise
Alain Naoum, Brussels, BelgiumComparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 230 f., ill. 218 Utotombo - L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Brussels 1988, p. 211, ill. 173Publications
AHDRC: 0015618