light brown wood, partly dark brown patina, remains of pigments, oval base, a neck carved with rings, crowned by a janus head with nearly identical facial features, but varying eyes, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
presumably a depiction of "sameisomabili" or "sakimatwematwe", "Mr Many Heads", the man of far-reaching knowledge; was probably owned by a preceptor ("nsinga") of the "lutombo lwa yananio" grade.
H: 9,5 cm
Lit.: Biebuyck, Daniel P., Lega, Brussels 2002, p. 168
Continent: Africa

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