Standing male power figure

D. R. Congo, Mbala / Pende

sold EUR 2,600

Provenance

German Private Collection
Sotheby’s London, 30 March 1981, Lot 309

Size

H: 35 cm

H: 13.8 inch

Description

wood, missing parts (insect caused damage), rest., base

This figure has openings for insertion of medicine “bisungu mikisi” in the head and ears.

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 334

AHDRC: 0037233

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