Power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3033376
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Provenance
Galerie 96, Stuttgart, GemanyHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1978)
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, massive neck with goiter, the big head turned in profile, the facial features displaced (nose, left eye), openings for insertion of magical substances, remains of resin-like mass, sacrificial traces (down feathers, fur), of great expressivity, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off, plate
The object Power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3033376 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 174.
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