SOLD / SOLD! MC0573 Superb YOMBE female Statuette with snake Cute female Yombe Figure snake Kongo

SOLD / SOLD! MC0573 Superb YOMBE female Statuette with snake Cute female Yombe Figure snake Kongo

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CONGO DRC

Superb YOMBE statuette

Pretty sculpture, very delicate, representing a young woman struggling with a gigantic snake
According to Marie-Louise Bastin, the huge serpent is the representation of Mbumba, the rainbow, who is the master of the terrestrial waters.
He is also the guide of the Lemba initiation whose goal is to promote fertility

We could deduce that this charming statuette is a hymn to fertility
The Yombe are a people established in Mayombe
They belong to the large group of Kongo

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, statuette
MATERIAL: Wood
ETHNICITY: YOMBE
ORIGIN: Congo DRC
DIMENSIONS: Height 25.5 cm
CONDITION: Fair
 (See photos).
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CONGO DRC

Cute YOMBE Female Figure


Cute sculpture, very delicate, representing a young woman struggling with a gigantic snake
According to Marie-Louise Bastin, the immense serpent is the representation of Mbumba, the rainbow, who is the master of the terrestrial waters.
It is also the guide to Lemba initiation whose goal is to promote fertility

We could deduce that this charming statuette is a hymn to fertility

The Yombe People is established in the Mayombe
They belong to the big group of Kongo

  Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Figure, statue
ETHNIC GROUP: Yombe
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: about 10 inches high.
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on pictures.