Figure féminine debout "kaponya" · Angola, Tchokwé · ID: 3048256
Vendu
600 €
Provenance
German Private Collection, Ruhr areaDescription
wood, rest.
According to Bastin, the term “kaponya” (pl. “tuponya”) is the generic name for a figurative sculpture. In order to become a “hamba” (pl. “mahamba”), a figure has to be consecrated by a ritual specialist or healer “mbuki”.
The term “hamba” in its primary interpretation refers to ancestor and nature spirits, sometimes called tutelary spirits, that mediate between God (“kalunga” or “nzambi”) and man.