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Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3049005

sold EUR 5,500
Provenance
Henri Schouten (1940-2012), Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Los Angeles / USA (1981)
Size
H: 80 cm
92,5 cm (with horn)
H: 31.5 inch
36.4 inch (with horn)

Description

wood, copper sheet, brass nails, animal horn, reptile skin, stone and glass beads, bone, base

The figure is still richly equipped with magical accessories with which it was once charged by the ritual specialist “nganga”.


The object Male power figure “nkisi” / “nkishi” with the object ID 3049005 was part of the auction 101st Auction on November 11, 2023. The object with the lot number 335 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,500 with an asking price of EUR 1,800.

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