Post ·  R. D. Congo, Lengola · ID: 3033464

Description

light wood, middle brown patina, consisting of cone-shaped segments, surmounted by a human head with stylized facial features, dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, on metal plate;
posts of this type are coherent with circumcision rites, they mark the border and the entrance of the camp.

Littérature comparée

Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 77