Ancestor Bakongo
Bakongo · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: MRF-7
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- Height
- 11 cm
- Material
- Ivory
An ancestor with the attributes that characterized his rank during his life.Numerous ventral geometric scarifications. Big head with beard and short legs. In the head there…
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Full original description
An ancestor with the attributes that characterized his rank during his life.Numerous ventral geometric scarifications. Big head with beard and short legs. In the head there is an oquedad, sealed, destined to contain magical substances, which makes it think that this statuette was used for divination or to produce cures.
Further technical information
- Width
- 4 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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