Sacrificer
Kuba · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: EMS-52
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- Height
- 28 cm
- Material
- WOOD AND PIGMENTS
Elegant and artistic figure of sacrificing in charge of making sacrifices destined to the cult of the ancestors and to the different rites of cruent. He…
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Full original description
Elegant and artistic figure of sacrificing in charge of making sacrifices destined to the cult of the ancestors and to the different rites of cruent. He is also responsible for the circumcision of the boys at the end of the initiation. His neck is adorned with a wide necklace and two mails decorated with cauris cross his torso and back. He wears a pleated skirt on the front side and a skirt on the right side. The right arm carries a bracelet characteristic of his dignity. From the waist, to the back, hang the bags with the substances destined for sacrifices. The right hand rests on the sacrificial knife while the left grabs what appears to be a long fang of the lower jaw of facocero.
Light brown patina.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Years 50
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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