A POWER DOG, CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD, GLASS EYES, NAILS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
| Estimate: | £80 - £120 |
| Hammer price: | £90 |
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Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Probably Kongo, with woven plant fibre collar, 55.5cm high
For the Kongo people wild animals were associated with the dead. However, domesticated animals like dogs lived in villages and were considered mediators between the living and the dead.
Condition report:
Various knocks, chips, scuffs, dirt and some minor shrinkage commensurate with use and age.
