Lot: 237

Figure féminine debout

R. D. Congo, Royaume Kuba / Kete

Provenance Taille Adjugé
H: 73 cm Vendu

light wood, pigments, rest.

According to Felix, the few rather large female sculptures among different Kuba groups had a role to play during male initiation; such statues were placed in the inititation enclosure.


Felix, Marc Leo, Ritual Figures in Congo, Hong Kong 2018, p. 192 f.