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Lot 332
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Petite figure de protection "mbulenga"

R. D. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
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Provenance
French Collection
Taille
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch

Description

wood, pigment remains, base

This figures were used by a cult called “bwanga bwa bwimpe”. The “bwimpe” cult was meant first and foremost to safeguard and foster the fertility of a young mother and the beauty and health of a young child or newborn.

Littérature comparée

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 326

Publications

AHDRC: 0162576

Afrique
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