Figure féminine debout "kangulungu" · R. D. Congo, Pende · ID: 3047583
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Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsDescription
wood, pigments, base
Such free-standing sculptures in the round were kept in the inner chamber of the chief’s ritual house, where they served as power objects used both to protect and discipline the chief.
Littérature comparée
Strother, Z.S., Pende, Mailand 2008, p. 108, pl. 40