Janus headed power figure "kalunga" · D. R. Congo, Bembe (Eastern) · ID: 3040602
Vendu
2 500 €
Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USADescription
wood, blackish brown patina, red pigment, two nearly identical carved mask faces with large oval deepened eye-sockets, feathers, plant fibre cord (for attachment of grass fibre cuff), slighty dam., minor missing parts (head), cracks, base
Littérature comparée
Biebuyck, Daniel P., Statuary from the pre-Bembe hunters, Tervuren 1981, p.152