Im Inventar der Sammlung Galaverni wie folgt beschrieben: „A Yaka female flgure. The stylistic solutions of the Yaka are quite particular and specific to this group. This is the case of the peculiar shape of the nose which is an unmistakable characteristic of this figure, small in dimension but important for quality. To our eyes its plastic solutions, somehow cubistic, seem particularly appealing. This piece was collected by Dr. R. Sulsenti in 1931, when he was practicing as a doctor in the Belgian Congo.“

Persönliche Schutzfigur. Diese materialisierte Schnittstelle zwischen diesseitigen und übernatürlichen Kräften wurde eingesetzt, um das Gute zu fördern und das Negative abzuwenden.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Bourgeois, Arthur P. (1984). Art of the Yaka and Suku. Meudon: Alain et Françoise Chaffin.