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Six miniature figures ·  R. D. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3041250

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Provenance
Galerie Darrell, Copenhagen, Denmark (1987)
Alex Wittendorff, Copenhagen, Denmark

Description

wood, brown patina, four of the figures seem to be made by the same carver, they form two pairs of male/female, above all the smaller couple strongly covered with sacrificial patina, missing parts (foot tip of one of the figures), traces of insect caused damage; small female figure with diamond-shaped arms, marked by strong abrasion of paint (insect caused?); figure with spirally grooved cylindrical body without limbs, strongly encrusted with kaolin; the latter represents a so-called “mbwoolo” figure, which were used for healing illnesses. A spiral-shaped torso symbolizes stomach ache or a general feeling of malady.


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