Standing male power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3043049
not available anymore
Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint, remains of kaolin, cavity in the upper part of the body, facial features accentuated by pokerwork, min. dam., missing parts (foot tips), traces of insect caused damage (heels), cracks, base.
The medicine package “bilongo” is missing. Such packages are often scraped out by the “nganga”, little by little, and sold as healing or protective dust.
The object Standing male power figure “biteki” with the object ID 3043049 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 477.
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