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Beschreibung : Standing figure D. R. Congo, Bena-Lulua wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, of great expressivity regarding posture and forms of the body: the mouth wide open with both hands up to the cheeks and the upper part of the body bent forward, as if expressing the effort of screaming, striking enhancement of the joints and modeling of shanks and feet, which show nearly naturalistic appeal, fine linear scarifications in the shame area, tattoos underneath the eyes, old place of repair (left arm, right hand), cracks, on plate, next to large warrior figures, which also were taken to the battlefield, mainly small personal protective figures have become known from the Lulua. They serve as means for the general well-being of the community, others bring fortune and beauty, and again others protect pregnant women or encourage fertility. They are called lupfingu or mbulenga and are carried by women under the belt that holds their wrapping cloth together. H: 22,5 cm, (5398/012) H: 8.9 inch Provenance Bonhams ew York, Fine African and Oceanic Art, 15 May 2008, lot 741 GVR Archives Registration No. 0082129 Literature Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 396 Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 81 f.
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