Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Teke
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, GermanySize
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, disc-shaped flattened coiffure and beard, the facial plane coated with vertical incisions, cavity in the trunk for insertion of magical loading, slightly dam. (face), crack, acrylic socle;
sometimes the medicine package “bilongo” is missing, as is the case with present figure. Such packages are often scraped out by the “nganga”, little by little, and sold as healing or protective dust.