Bembe Muzudi Textile Reliquary sculpture, African Art
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Woven cotton textile sculpture featuring a seated ancestor with textile facial features and rope regalia. Reliquary figures called muzidi are basically cloth dolls which typically feature red cloth, but blue cloth is also common. Because they are reliquary figures, they commonly contain bones. Kongo peoples, DRC/Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 22 x 11 inches.
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fair, weathered
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Bembe Muzudi Textile Reliquary sculpture, African Art
Estimate $300 - $500
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