Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 14 cm (H: 5.5 inch), ID: 3051999
Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 14 cm (H: 5.5 inch), ID: 3051999 - 2/6 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 14 cm (H: 5.5 inch), ID: 3051999 - 3/6 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 14 cm (H: 5.5 inch), ID: 3051999 - 4/6 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 14 cm (H: 5.5 inch), ID: 3051999 - 5/6 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 14 cm (H: 5.5 inch), ID: 3051999 - 6/6
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Lot 342
Auction 105

Standing male figure "mukuya" ·  D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3051999

Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
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Provenance
Spanish Private Collection
Size
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch

Description

wood, 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.

Africa
Figures

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