Standing power figure "biteki"

D. R. Congo, Yaka

Price EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

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.

Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 107

Wipplinger, Hans-Peter (Hg.), "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", Köln 2016, p. 82 (left)

Wien, Leopold Museum: "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", 23. September 2016 - 9. Januar 2017

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