Figure masculine debout "mukuya", R. D. Congo, Bembe, Taille: H: 15,5 cm, ID: 3051998

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Figure masculine debout "mukuya" · R. D. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3051998

Vendu 2 000 €

Provenance

Spanish Private Collection

Description

wood, porcelain, base

Such figures were used in various contexts, such as ancestral cult, for healing, fertility and divination rites. The scarification marks probably provided information to which clan the owner of the figure belonged.

Littérature comparée

Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 149

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