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181 - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Cisola statuette, Tshokwe style Light-colored, hard wood; blackened headdress. The Tshokwe are spread across a vast territory, covering northeastern Angola, western Kasai in the DRC, southwestern Katanga, and extending to northwestern Zambia. Their population is estimated at 500,000. Cisola statuettes, borrowed from their Ovimbudu neighbors, are given to young girls to celebrate the fertility cult. Cisola statuary is characterized by delicate features that reflect standards of feminine beauty, a full bust, a fertile belly, and subtly suggested genitalia. Placed on an altar, this statuette also possessed divinatory powers. H.: 45 cm
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