Power half figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3039769
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, SwedenZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25. Februar 2006, lot 332
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 16,5 cm
H: 6.5 inch
Description
wood, shiny blackish brown patina, the small cavity at the belly, the tube from reptile skin and the hole in the parting contain magical material (“bishimba”), crowned by a tassel of feathers, min. dam., small missing parts and crack, base
The object Power half figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3039769 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 231 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 103