Figure féminine debout
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- Figure féminine debout
Lot: 237
Figure féminine debout
R. D. Congo, Royaume Kuba / Kete
Provenance | Taille | Adjugé |
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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.