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Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 15,5 cm (H: 6.1 inch), ID: 3051998
Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 15,5 cm (H: 6.1 inch), ID: 3051998 - 2/5 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 15,5 cm (H: 6.1 inch), ID: 3051998 - 3/5 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 15,5 cm (H: 6.1 inch), ID: 3051998 - 4/5 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 15,5 cm (H: 6.1 inch), ID: 3051998 - 5/5
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Lot 347
Auction 104

Standing male figure "mukuya" ·  D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3051998

sold EUR 2,000
Provenance
Spanish Private Collection
Size
H: 15,5 cm
H: 6.1 inch

Description

wood, porcelain, base

Such figures were used in various contexts, such as ancestral cult, for healing, fertility and divination rites. The scarification marks probably provided information to which clan the owner of the figure belonged.

The object Standing male figure “mukuya” with the object ID 3051998 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 347 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 149

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