Rare sculpture d'une tête d'un dignitaire masculin "zizi" · Angola / R. D. Congo, Cabinda / Bakongo / Yombe · ID: 3045559
Jürgen Peters, Nürnberg, Germany
Description
wood, polychrome painted, part of an old label: “Nr. 4905 - 1908 - Gegenstand: geschnitzter Menschenkopf - de Cabinda”
A head sculpture like this one was published by M.L. Felix (2003) and described by him as the “only known, preserved piece of this kind”.
Head sculptures “zizi” were made only for important persons and carried portrayal features.They were attached to the top of a cloth mortuary bundle, which contained the corpse of the deceased. Surmounted by such a head, the bundle was carried in a procession to the given site of burial, where the corpse would be interred.
The figurative head would sometimes remain with the family of the deceased, other heads were left on the graveside so as to weather away hence their rarity.
L’objet Rare sculpture d’une tête d’un dignitaire masculin “zizi” avec l’ID d’objet 3045559 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 92e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 29 juin 2019 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 38 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 273, cat. 8.3.