Standing power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Teke/Yanzi · ID: 3040789
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Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, SwitzerlandKarl-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
The object Standing power figure “biteki” with the object ID 3040789 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 482.
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Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 331 ill. 475