Figure féminine debout "nkhosi" · Gabon, Lumbo · ID: 3044712
Vendu
1 400 €
Provenance
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USADescription
wood, base
This figures had a divinatory function or acted to protect lineage-related relics. They were ritual tools of the “nganga”(diviner/healer).
Littérature comparée
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 275