Standing power figure "phuungu" · D. R. Congo, Suku · ID: 3040722
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Provenance
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, FranceSize
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, red paint, fabric, due to the different colours the trunk of the figure presumably once enveloped in magical mass or other pharaphernalia, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
“phuungu” figures served as containers for protective magical power exercised by the experts against illness, to avenge sorcery and for supernatural assistance in hunting.
The object Standing power figure “phuungu” with the object ID 3040722 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 470.
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