Standing male figure "mukuya", before 1905 ·  R. D. Congo, Bembe · ID: 3041476

Description

wood, middle brown patina, black paint, eyes with white porcweelain inlay, characteristic elongated trunk, richly adorned with skin scarifications in relief, holding a rifle and a knife in his hands, opening (crypto fetish), min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the opening on the back was used by the “nganga” to give vital force to the figure, afterwards it was filled with magical material: “bilongo” (medicine) or relics of an ancestor as a symbol of the power and spirit of the deceased relative. Afterwards the opening was closed by a piece of fabric or a plug. As long as the spirit stayed within the statue, it watched over his descendants and punished contempts against customs and rules.

L’objet Standing male figure “mukuya”, before 1905 avec l’ID d’objet 3041476 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 84th Tribal Art Auction dans 5 novembre 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 376 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

Lehuard, Raoul & Alain Lecomte, Sculpture Babembe, Paris 2010, p. 149