Ancestor figure ·  R. D. Congo, Basikasingo · ID: 3034723

Description

wood, reddish brown patina with remains of blackish paint, tube-shaped shoulders and arms densely enclosing the elongated trunk, helmet-shaped coiffure, face with elongated tapering chin and asymmetrical facial features, slightly dam., cracks (base, right side of head and body), paint rubbed off, minor missing parts (backside);
the Basikasingo have rites for ancestors, who have the power to cause disease and misfortune. If a mischief happened, people tried to experience the wishes of the ancestors by interpreting dreams and by sooth saying. They were kept in small shrines under the authority and guardianship of a petty chief, village headman or dominant lineage elder. Sometimes such figures were individually identified ancestors, called “bashumbu”.

L’objet Ancestor figure avec l’ID d’objet 3034723 a fait partie de l’enchère 73rd tribal art auction en 25 mai 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 354.

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