Power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3036518
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Provenance
Belgian Private CollectionSize
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.
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