Figural post ·  R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3035127

Description

wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, round cross-section, carved with animals in flat relief, in the middle of the front side from the bottom to the top: antelope, turtle and fish, flanked by a snake on one side and a high-legged bird and ritual emblems on the other side, a stylized antelope head with long horns on the backside, crowned by a female half figure, slightly dam., cracks (continuous, on the left side of face and body), paint rubbed off, traces of weathering (above all at the base)