Rare figural carved staff · D. R. Congo, Songe-Beneki · ID: 3043719

Name: Rare figural carved staff
SKU: 3043719
Price: 5000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 5,000

Provenance

Leslie Gooday (1921-2013), Great Britain (architect)

Size

H: 22,5 cm

H: 8.9 inch

Description

wood, rich black patina, standing figure in style of a “nkisi” power figure, cavities for insertion of magical loading “bishimba” at the navel and on the head, entirely covered by extremely sticky sacrificial patina, slightly dam., vertical crack (left side of the head, body,base), staff cut, base.
Figurally carved staffs made by the Songe are rarely to be found in literature. It can be assumed that they were used in context of divination ceremonies, but this is not proven. Present object might as well once have formed a staff finial or the handle of a fly whisk.

The object Rare figural carved staff with the object ID 3043719 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 462 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000.

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