"Yanda Anthropomorphic Statuette - Zandé Culture, Democratic Republic Of Congo - Circa 1900"
Yanda Anthropomorphic StatuetteZandé culture, Democratic Republic of Congo
Circa 1900
Wood, pigments and copper
H. 18.5; L 6 cm
Monoxyle wooden statuette standing on short, angular legs. One of her ankles is adorned with a copper bracelet. Her stylised bust is centred on a large, prominent umbilicus. Her conical face is marked by a nasal bridge in short incised hatching, and is enhanced by a kaolin-white bichromy on her right side and red ochre on the left.
For the Mani secret society, these statuettes had an apotropaic role and were linked to divination rituals.
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