Power half figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3041585

Name: Power half figure "nkisi"
SKU: 3041585
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

German Private Collection, Munich

Size

H: 34 cm

H: 13.4 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, decorating tags, metal sheet, cowrie snails, necklace with animal teeth and glass beads, coiffure from animal skin and feathers, tube from reptile skin contaning magical mass around the waist, hole in the navel closed by a separately carved plug, min. dam., insect caused missing parts, fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
metal strips on forehead and nose bridge are said to relate to lightning. Thus on the “nkisi” this facial sign seems to signal its dual capacity to counteract and redirect aggressive action against the evildoer.

The object Power half figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3041585 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 428.

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