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Kongo Pfemba ancestor figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

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Title: Kongo Pfemba ancestor figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

Date/Period: Second half 20th century

Origin: DRC, Congo

Dimension: 8,66 Inch

Materials: Wood, metal

Weight: 0,71 Pounds

Item type: Figure, statue, ancestor

Provenance: A clan of the Kongo group, the Yombe are established on the west coast of Africa, in the south-west of the Republic of Congo and in Angola. Their statuary includes remarkable maternities. The use of this type of sculpture remains unknown. Among the Kongo , the nganga was responsible for the rituals by activating a spiritual force with an nkondi (pl. nkissi). The term nkisi was then used to designate the notions of "sacred" or "divine". From the second half of the 20th century, minkisi minkondi were strategically placed along the coasts of the Loango kingdom to protect against European incursions. Among the most powerful, the Mangaaka was considered the "king" and "master", supreme arbiter of conflicts and protector of communities, and which became the most ambitious and monumental sculptural genre.
Source: "the Kongo gesture" Ed. Dapper Museum and "Treasures of Africa" ??Museum of Tervuren; "The Soul of Africa" ??s.Diakonoff.

Additional Information: Stand not included.

Reserve: $137.20

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