Figure féminine debout · R. D. Congo, Oubangui, Bwaka (Ngbaka) / Ngbandi · ID: 3048544
Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
Description
wood, leather, rest., base
Probably a representation of “nabo”, the sister-wife of “seto”. The two figures are usually found in pairs and represent the promordial ancestral couple.
According to a report of the colonial official A. Ronse from the 1930s, “seto” and “nabo” were placed in the houses of the Ngbaka, where they received daily offerings.
They functioned as guardians of the owners and their families and drove away the evil spirits that caused sickness and death, made crops fail and hunts go badly and brought about miscarriages. They were also asked for help with special concerns, such as illness or infertility.
L’objet Figure féminine debout avec l’ID d’objet 3048544 a fait partie de l’enchère 97e Vente aux enchères en 6 novembre 2021 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 304.
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Littérature comparée
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk (ed.), Ubangi, Brussels, 2007, p. 155, 4.17