Large power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3053445
Starting price
EUR 5,000
Estimated price
EUR 6,000
Provenance
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 4 May 1979, lot 249Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 9 May 1981, lot 270
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 83 cm
H: 32.7 inch
Description
wood, pigments, cowrie shells, reptile skin, fur, metal, base
The figure still bears some of the paraphernalia with which it was once endowed by the magician and magically charged with accompanying incantations.
Publications
AHDRC: 0039979