Power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3042347
sold
EUR 8,000
Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown, partly oily patina, angular forms, cavity in the navel closed by metal tag, a further tag on the forehead, magical mass and animal horn on the head, unusual jagged beard, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3042347 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 459 achieved a sales price of EUR 8,000.
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Publications
Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Celle 2012, p. 21