Standing female figure "wayinda" ·  R. D. Congo, Lega · ID: 3038101

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, kaolin, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
present figure does not portray a fertility figure (as is often said) nor a normally pregnant woman, but a pregnant adulteress or a pregnant woman on whom weighs a curse because of her illicit behaviour. Her comportment has created some form of ritual pollution of which she and others in the family may be victims. Sometimes when a man falls sick, the oracles may stipulate that it is because of his wifes failure. In case he dies as the result of sickness, his wife must pass through an ordeal: either drink water with which the corpse was washed, sleep on his tomb or eat from an antelope that was hung above his tomb.

L’objet Standing female figure “wayinda” avec l’ID d’objet 3038101 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 79th Tribal Art Auction dans 21 mars 2015. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 439 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 400 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 1 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 158 f.