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Lot 89
Sale 100

Kneeling female figure "nkisi" / "nkishi" (pl. mankishi)

D. R. Congo, Yombe
sold EUR 7,000
Provenance
Edmond Morlet, Brussels, Belgium
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 24. October 2018, Lot 271
Size
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch

Description

wood, mirror glass, copper alloy,

The female depicts a titled woman of high rank. Her wrists are carved with bracelets, she wears metal rings on her neck and ears. Her beautiful face is crowned by a tapered coiffure. The prominent mouth with beautifully curved lips reveals ritually chipped teeth. The eyes are inlaid with mirror glass.

Publications

Lehuard, Raoul, "Art Bakongo, Les Centres de Style", Vol. II, Sarcelles 1989, p. 583, ill. K 8-1-2; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Ergänzungskatalog: "Götter - Geister - Ahnen, Afrikanische Skulpturen in deutschen Privatsammlungen im Museum für Völkerkunde Wien", München 1994, p. 25, ill. 290; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 233

AHDRC: 0017786

Exhibition

Austria, Vienna, Neue Hofburg, "Götter Geister Ahnen. Afrikanische Skulpturen in deutschen Privatsammlungen im Museum für Völkerkunde Wien", 23 March-24 July 1994
Africa
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