Objet de culte rituel de la société "mani"
R. D. Congo, Azandé
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Provenance
Field collected by Boris Adé, Geneve, Switzerland (ca. 1953-1957)
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels
Adé spent years as a doctor to Pygmies in the Ituri country. He was field collector in the Uele region in north Congo between 1946-1949 & 1953-1957.
Taille
H: 40,5 cm
H: 15.9 inch
Description
wood, inscribed in white: “ASANDE…Dr. B. Adé “glopita” Mani…Lower Uele. Zaire”, crack, pedestal
Publications
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk (ed.), "Ubangi", Brussels, 2007, p. 72, ill. 1.85AHDRC: 0172839