Double figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3042965
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Size
H: 13,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, remains of pigments, male and female figure, standing back to back, facial features and posture nearly identical, eyes with mother-of-pearl inlay, magical loading enclosed by resin-like mass and mirror glass, min. dam., fine cracks, base
The object Double figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3042965 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 368.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., Art & Kongos, Brüssel 1995, p. 156, ill. 7