Demi-figure fétiche "malembelele"
D. R. Congo, Luntu/Bakwa Luntu
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Provenance
Kevin Conru, London, Great BritainTaille
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, surface strongly encrusted with a mixture from sacrificial matters and pigments, drilled holes for attachment of magical mass, nose rubbed off, crack backside, base;
presumably a fetish called “malembelele” which should punish wrongdoers.