A RARE KUSU POWER FIGURE, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Collected in situ by Marc Felix
Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 1984

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sculpture of Africa: Selections from a Private Collection, November 2 - December 23, 1984 (additional venue: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, January 19 - March 3, 1985)
President's Gallery, Chicago State University, African Art, May 29 - June 27, 1985
Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Forms of Expression: African Masks and Sculpture, February 5 - April 17, 1993

Good condition overall; age crack through proper left of head, running through ear; the ring finger of the proper right hand chipped as seen on photographs; age crack through back of figure; 'FC4456' in white pigment on bottom; metal peg inserted into bottom for mounting; fiber cord fragile; exceptionally fine dark brown patina with white pigment.
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