Statue Kitebi O Bimbi
Bembe · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: EMS-58
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- Height
- 30 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Nzambi is the creator god of the BembeDispenser of life and death. Like most African peoples, he is never represented in his statues. The Bembe They…
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Full original description
Nzambi is the creator god of the BembeDispenser of life and death. Like most African peoples, he is never represented in his statues. The Bembe They have statuettes, slightly squatted, which they invoke to obtain their protection and especially a good hunting. Your statues, kitebi or bimbiIn the abdomen they carry the ritual scarifications that form symmetrical and geometric drawings. Sometimes they wear glass eyes and the tool or instrument that represented their profession during their earthly life. And other times they present a ventral cavity destined to receive the magic substances and that makes them nkisses. Their statues are protective and have healing properties.
An ancestor statue of androgynous characteristics. He caresses his flattened, oval beard with his right hand while the left holds something difficult to identify. Numerous geometric scarifications in the chest and ventral area. Honey wood with dark patina. The right ear is broken and tossed.
Further technical information
- Width
- 8 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
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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