Power half figure "nkisi" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3041935

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, remains of black paint, holes in the head and in the stomach filled with blackish mass/resp. wooden sticks, sacrificial traces (encrustations with white and black mass, above all on the backside), slightly dam. (chin, mouth), minor missing part (right eye), traces of insect caused damage (bottom)

The object Power half figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3041935 was part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction on March 4, 2017. The object with the lot number 432 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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