Janus figure "kabeja"

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Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, male/female, arranged back-to-back, round deepening with magical mass on the head, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fissures, on base;
“kabeja” figures are seen as visual icon of the primordial couple, the founders of the society. They are owned by the clan head known as the “fumu mwela”.

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Littérature comparée

Neyt, Francois, Approche des Arts Hemba, Villiers-le-Bel 1975, p. 39

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