Power figure "khosi" · D. R. Congo, Suku / Holo · ID: 3046517
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 261”) (coll. in situ, 1969/70)Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, pigment, base
According to a personal note, Schwab acquired this figure during his trip to the Congo in 1969/70 in the area of the Kwango River.
He reports that he exchanged it for “clothes, knife, hat etc.” from a “bone breaker” (medicine man) and that the figure should protect against malevolent people and diseases.
The object Power figure “khosi” with the object ID 3046517 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 201 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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