Zemanek-Münster

Standing power figure "biteki"

D. R. Congo, Teke/Yanzi
not available anymore
Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany
German Private Collection
Size
H: 27cm
H: 27cm

Description

wood, brown patina, in some parts slightly encrusted, bearded face framed by parallel incisions, tribe-typical hgeadgear, min. dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage (heels), abrasion of paint, base


Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 331 ill. 475

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