Power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
not available anymore
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