Bembe Fetish Figure - Drc, Congo - African Art Tribal Art - Apr 19, 2023 | Jasper52 In Ny
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Bembe fetish figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

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Bembe fetish figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art
Bembe fetish figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art
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  • Title: Bembe fetish figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art
  • Date/Period: Mid 20th century
  • Origin: DRC, Congo
  • Dimension: 12,6 Inch
  • Materials: Wood
  • Weight: 1,21 Pounds
  • Item type: Figure, statue, fetish
  • Description: Represented naked and squatting, this ancestor figure bears the keloid signs testifying to the successive stages of initiation to which the individual was subjected. Sometimes set with ivory, bone or earthenware, the almond-shaped eyes are here empty. Established on the plateaus of the People's Republic of Congo ex.Brazzaville, and not to be confused with the Bembe group of northern Lake Tanganinyika, the small BabembĂ© group, BĂ©embĂ©, was influenced by the TĂ©kĂ© rites and culture, but especially by that of the Kongo. Settled in the current Republic of Congo, the BĂ©embĂ© originally formed the kingdom of Kongo, with the Vili, YombĂ©, BwendĂ© and Woyo. Hunting being a major activity, the ancestors were invoked through statuettes. These idealized representations of ancestors,kitebi or bimbi consecrated by the sorcerer, sported the attributes of hunters or healers. Some of them, as among the Bakongo, were magic objects minkisi with nails and which had holes in which medicines, bilongo, or relics of ancestors, were introduced. This statuette is provided with an anal orifice for this purpose.
  • Note: Good, see pictures.

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    Bembe fetish figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

    Estimate $196 - $229
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    Starting Price $100
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