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Half-Figure
late 1800s-early 1900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Iron tacks inserted into the lobes of the hairdo indicate that this sculpture was originally empowered with magical and medicinal substances. Thus charged, the figure would have been used in divination and was related to a powerful association known as Bugabo. Members specialized in healing, hunting, and fighting crime.
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- Title: Half-Figure
- Date Created: late 1800s-early 1900s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 6.8 x 8.5 cm (7 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Marcel Dumoulin, Brussels, BE, before 1967, sold to René and Odette Delenne), René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.457
- Medium: Wood and iron
- Fun Fact: This figure would have been used in a powerful association known as Bugabo, specializing in healing, hunting, and fighting crime.
- Department: African Art
- Culture: Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably Kusu people
- Credit Line: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: African Art
- Accession Number: 2010.457
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