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Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi", D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: H: 80 cm 92,5 cm (with horn) (H: 31.5 inch 36.4 inch (with horn)), ID: 3049005
Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi", D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: H: 80 cm 92,5 cm (with horn) (H: 31.5 inch 36.4 inch (with horn)), ID: 3049005 - 2/5 Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi", D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: H: 80 cm 92,5 cm (with horn) (H: 31.5 inch 36.4 inch (with horn)), ID: 3049005 - 3/5 Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi", D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: H: 80 cm 92,5 cm (with horn) (H: 31.5 inch 36.4 inch (with horn)), ID: 3049005 - 4/5 Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi", D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: H: 80 cm 92,5 cm (with horn) (H: 31.5 inch 36.4 inch (with horn)), ID: 3049005 - 5/5
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Lot 335
101st Auction

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”.

Africa
Figures

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