Power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Luba/Songe · ID: 3042311

Name: Power figure "nkisi"
SKU: 3042311
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany

Size

H: 45 cm

H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, red pigment, wearing an apron made from cloth and animal hide, tubes filled with magical mass around hips and neck, cuff made from animal hair, animal tooth pendant around the neck, eyes inset with cowrie shells, hole on top of the head, remains of fur at the same place, min. dam., missing parts (head), fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base

The object Power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3042311 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 426.

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Publications

Albert-König-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß 2001, ill. 103; Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Celle 2012, p. 21

AHDRC: 0028713

Africa

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