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Mbole statue

A fine Kumu-Mbole statue from Lilwa society, Okifa,
Mbole people  Kongo

With Yellow pigments on face and body, dark brown patina.

H= 37 cm

Price: sold

Price & Information ref nr:
mbole statue 03.00.53.09

Most Mbole figurative sculpture represents individuals who have been hanged for violating the laws of society. Wooden statues characteristically have sunken faces and concave torsos

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Figures like this serve at the Lilwa(= Leopard) society, and are carried during the initiation ceremonies and represent the hanged men as warning to the novices not to disclose the secrets of the society.

Provenance: this piece was bought in June 2000 at Drouot in Paris at auction

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