Standing power figure "biteki", D. R. Congo, Yaka, Size: H: 31 cm (H: 12.2 inch), ID: 3051089

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Lot 393

Standing power figure "biteki" · D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3051089

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Provenance

Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Erwin & 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.

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

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