Crucified "nkangi kititu" · D. R. Congo · ID: 3043757
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Walter Lechner, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, base
Such crucifixes are important as they legitimize the power of their owners and played an important role during the investiture ritual of chiefs, during significant controversies, during judgements to prove to testify truthfully.
Somtimes they were also considered to have healing powers.
Comparing literature
Musée du Quai Branly (ed.), Du Jourdain au Congo, Paris 2016, p. 50 f & 65
Publications
AHDRC: 0021078