Standing power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3051089
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Provenance
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, AustriaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
wood, clay-like mass, mirror glass, base
The figure carries magical loading “bilongo” in a bulbous package in front of its body.
The object Standing power figure “biteki” with the object ID 3051089 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 393.
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Comparing literature
Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 107
Publications
Wipplinger, Hans-Peter (Hg.), "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", Köln 2016, p. 82 (left)
Exhibition
Wien, Leopold Museum: "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", 23. September 2016 - 9. Januar 2017