Small kneeling figure
R. D. Congo, Sundi
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Provenance
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTaille
H: 12 cm
H: 4.7 inch
Description
wood, slightly shiny middle brown patina, min. dam., crack backside, base;
the Sundi live in the northern estuary of the Zaire (Kongo). Like their neighbours they used to carve a great variety of fetish figures of different size and “loaded” with different paraphernalias (removed with present figure).