Figure, early-to-mid 20th century, 9 1/4 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. ( x x cm) (without mount), Wood, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20th century, The triangular patterns on the hat and torso of this figure refer symbolically to the protective scales of the pangolin, a small African mammal. Pangolins are associated with the ancestors in Chokwe society because they burrow into termite mounds, considered thresholds between the world of spirits and humans

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