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

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Lot 347

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.

Comparing literature

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

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