Power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3036518

Name: Power figure "nkisi"
SKU: 3036518
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Belgian Private Collection

Size

H: 28 cm

H: 11.0 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, deepening with remains of mass in the head, a further opening for insertion of magical mass in the belly, the big eyes presumably once filled with mirror glass, slightly dam., cracks, base;
the posture with the raised fist and erect thumb is a representation of Congo Royal power.

The object Power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3036518 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 540.

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Comparing literature

Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, ill. p. 97 Baeke, Viviane (ed.), Treasures from the Africa-Museum Tervuren, Tervuren 1995, p. 285

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