Hemba Kabeja Janus Figure

" Whether administering justice (kihona), making an offering to the ancestor (lusingiti), or making other offerings, these Janus kabeja were always present. [...] the Kabeja Makua is the fundamental object of the Hemba cult, including the cult of ancestors. "

- Neyt, La grande statuaire Hemba du Zaïre (The great Hemba statuary of Zaire), 1977, p. 483-484) -
 
Tribe:
Hemba, Democratic Republic of Congo
 
wood, natural residue, natural fiber
height 20 cm
sold with wooden stand