Post ·  R. D. Congo, Metoko · ID: 3034520

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, surmounted by a standing figure, wearing an iron ring around the neck, min. dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion;
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. 111, ill. 2