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Power figure

The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "'Singunga'. Wooden figure, painted black, white and red. Fetish, 'who is supposed to heal lung patients'. The figure holds a dagger in his right hand. The cap, the outgrowth in front of the chest a. on the left shoulder (this carries a bottle neck) decorated with arrowhead-shaped wooden pieces. 2 nails in the chest, one in the neck. Height 60 cm. Loango.".

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Power figure
Dimensions
Weight: 1,835 kg
Height: 61 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 21 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Metal , Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 6345

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
  • Collecting
    who
    Robert Visser (1860 - 1937) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from R[obert]. Visser, Cayo Congo français 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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