Power figure "nkisi", D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: H: 37 cm (H: 14.6 inch), ID: 3033376

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Lot 174

70th tribal art auction

Power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3033376

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Provenance

Galerie 96, Stuttgart, Gemany
Harald & 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

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