Register Auction 107
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Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341
Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341 - 2/7 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341 - 3/7 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341 - 4/7 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341 - 5/7 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341 - 6/7 Standing male figure "mukuya", D. R. Congo, Bembe, Size: H: 17,5 cm (H: 6.9 inch), ID: 3053341 - 7/7
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Auction 107

Standing male figure "mukuya" ·  D. R. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3053341

Starting price
EUR 2,000
Estimated price
EUR 4,000
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Provenance
Alexandra Uhart, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch

Description

wood, bone,

Such figures were used in various contexts, such as ancestor worship, for healing, fertility and divination rites. The scarification marks probably indicated which clan the owner of the figure belonged.

Publications

Africa Pequenas Grandes Esculturas, Colleccion Alexandra Uhart, Santiago de Chile 2005, p.17, ill. 70

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