Miniature fetish ·  R. D. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3038451

Description

wood, slightly shiny brown patina, conical base, carved with two nearly identical modelled mask faces arranged “back to back”, grassfibre cuff, min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage (base), fine cracks, base;
the sculpture presumably represents “kalunga”, one of the aquatic spirits “miha”. The creation of such a figure was ordered by the soothsayer in order to counteract misfortune, which the spirit might inflict on the people. “Miha” received ritual chicken sacrifices to keep him well-disposed.

L’objet Miniature fetish avec l’ID d’objet 3038451 a fait partie de l’enchère 79th Tribal Art Auction en 21 mars 2015 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 387.

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Littérature comparée

Biebuyck, Daniel P., Statuary from the pre-Bembe hunters, Tervuren 1981, p. 153, ill. 42