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Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637
Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 2/8 Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 3/8 Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 4/8 Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 5/8 Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 6/8 Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 7/8 Figure masculine debout, R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu, Taille: H: 37 cm, ID: 3045637 - 8/8
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Lot 68
92e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Figure masculine debout ·  R. D. Congo, Sikasingo- Bembe(est) - Buyu · ID: 3045637

Vendu 3 800 €
Provenance
Josef Mueller, Solothurn, Switzerland
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, Switzerland
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1985)
Hans Baumann (1926-2010), Bern-Muri, Switzerland
Koller, Zurich, 5 December 2011, Lot 328
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland

Description

wood, base

Figures of the Sikasingo often represent individual ancestors, called “bashumbu”.

The figures should protect against mischief and disease, but could also inflict harm on enemies. They should foresee coming danger and ward off evil.

Depending on their size, they were intended for private use or for the community and were therefore kept at home or in the public shrines. They were under the protection of the village elders and tribal leaders and were ritually activated by fortune-tellers.

Expertise

René David, Zurich, 30 October 1985

Publications

Jean-Paul Barbier, "Über Josef Müller", in: "Du", Europäische Kunstzeitschrift, no 450, August 1978, p. 69
Afrique
Figures

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