Power half figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3033447
sold
EUR 360
Provenance
Burkard Gottschalk, Meerbusch, GermanyHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1986)
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, encrusted reddish brown patina, simplified facial features, remains of magical mass in the rectangular navel, hole on top of the head, necklace with attached animal horns and seed capsules, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (back of the head), traces of abrasion
The object Power half figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3033447 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 175 achieved a sales price of EUR 360.
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