Power Figure "nkisi / nkishi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3046518
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 94”) (2001)Size
H: 40,5 cm
56,5 cm (with horn)
H: 15.9 inch
22.2 inch (with horn)
Description
wood, pigments, metal, plant fibre and animal materials, base
What is remarkable about this figure is that these magical appendages have been completely preserved. Besides skin and fur pieces of various animals, animal teeth, claws and shells there are various iron parts, coins and small packages with magical contents.
The object Power Figure “nkisi / nkishi” with the object ID 3046518 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 200 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.
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AHDRC: 0170825