Power figure "nkisi" ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3040273

Description

wood, middle brown patina, remains of black paint and white pigment, tribe-typical facial features and coiffure, short stump arms, the “medicine” must have been contained in special packages attached to the body but now they are lost, slightly dam. (mouth), cracks (left eye, base), base

The object Power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3040273 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 452 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.

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