Three small figurines · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3042762
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Provenance
Günther Filla, Bochum, GermanySize
H: 6 cm - 7 cm
H: 2.4 inch - 2.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, simplified forms, slight traces of abrasion, bases.
Several of these small figures were in the diviner’s basket. After he shaked the basket, he interpreted the cause for a stroke of fate or told the future according to the position of figures now on top. Because of the pose it is very likely that “katwambimbi” is depicted, the “weeping woman” foretells an imminent dead.
The object Three small figurines with the object ID 3042762 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 104.
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Comparing literature
Jordán, Manuel, Ngombo - Wahrsagen und Kunst in Zentralafrika, München 2002, p. 24, ill. 6