Standing power figure · D. R. Congo, Luntu/Bakwa Luntu · ID: 3036943
Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
Description
wood, stained brown patina, slender elongated forms, the knees peculiar bent backwards, jagged incisions on belly and flanks, drilled hole in the head for insertion of magical substances, slightly dam., cracks (breast, right side of the head), breakage (both wrists), missing parts (feet);
was presumably used as fetish to protect against witchcraft.
The object Standing power figure with the object ID 3036943 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 491.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 92 f.