Fetish Bust, Hemba People, D.r.c.
Fetish called "MUNGU".
It features an oval-faced bust with almond-shaped eyes with heavy eyelids. The nose is straight and the mouth discreet. Theposture is frontal, the arms are bent with the hands joined towards the abdomen.abdomen. The somital cavity is hollowed out and still carries its magicalmagical charge. What's original is that it seems to me to be composed, among other things, of large ruminant teeth!
Wood with used patina, magic charge.
Height: 26 cm
It features an oval-faced bust with almond-shaped eyes with heavy eyelids. The nose is straight and the mouth discreet. Theposture is frontal, the arms are bent with the hands joined towards the abdomen.abdomen. The somital cavity is hollowed out and still carries its magicalmagical charge. What's original is that it seems to me to be composed, among other things, of large ruminant teeth!
Wood with used patina, magic charge.
Height: 26 cm
Early 20th century
Provenance. : - ex Belgian private collection
- collected in-situ by a former Belgian settler: Augustin Becquet(1899-1974). He was ingénieur-Agronome, Director at INEAC and miningmining engineer at U.M.H.K. (Union minière du Haut Katanga). In1921 he was sent to the Belgian Congo.
780 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Tribal Art
Condition: Condition of use
Material: Solid wood
Height: 26 cm
Reference (ID): 1737716
Availability: In stock
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