Figure anthropomorphe accroupie · R. D. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa) · ID: 3050129
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Provenance
Charles Courtin (✝ 1954), Antwerp, BelgiumDescription
wood, rest.
According to M. L. Felix (1987:88) crouching human figures were intended to ward off disease and to act as an intermediary with the afterworld.
Littérature comparée
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 88 f.