Lot: 393

Auction 103

Standing power figure "biteki"

D. R. Congo, Yaka

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
H: 12.2 inch 2000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

wood, clay-like mass, mirror glass, base

The figure carries magical loading "bilongo" in a bulbous package in front of its body.


Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 107
Wipplinger, Hans-Peter (Hg.), "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", Köln 2016, p. 82 (left)
Exhibited:

Wien, Leopold Museum: "Fremde Götter. Faszination Afrika und Ozeanien", 23. September 2016 - 9. Januar 2017