BEAUTIFUL Hemba Singiti Figure - DRC **custom stand** Start Price USD 29.95 Current Price USD 29.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Monday, September 08, 2008 Location Jupiter, Florida See more about 'BEAUTIFUL Hemba Singiti Figure - DRC' Description HEMBA SINGITI FIGURE Tribe: Hemba Country: Democratic Rep. of Congo Material: Wood. Size: 17" Circa: Mid 20th Century   Shipping: USA $15.95 The Hemba ancestors figures or Singiti as they were known, characteristically have short legs, elongated torsos, hands restingon the navels and have an enlarged head wiht a backward swept coiffure. THey were kept by the Fumu Mwalo and conferred power on him. During ritual ceremonies he communicated with these figures by recalling significant and heroic events in the ancestor's life. Place a Bid!