Small standing female figure ·  R. D. Congo, Yombe · ID: 3037865

Description

wood, shiny, middle brown patina, blackened in parts, holding two longish items, oval head with flattened chin, crowned by a three-lobed coiffure, min. dam., crack (base), slight traces of abrasion;
present figure was not created as a magical figure (“nkisi”), because it lacks any openings or attachments for insertion of magical substances.