Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Rare oracle implement, D. R. Congo, Songye, Size: L: 44,5 cm (L: 17.5 inch), ID: 3052311
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Auction 105

Rare oracle implement ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3052311

Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
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Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium (“FX971051”)
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 4 March 2017, lot 441
Size
L: 44,5 cm
L: 17.5 inch

Description

wood, pigments, collection no. “FX971051”, base

According to Jordan the unusual object may have served as a friction oracle. The depiction of a “kifwebe” mask face might be a reference to the influence of that regulatory society (Jordan, 2002, p. 13).

Publications

Jordán, Manuel, Ngombo - Wahrsagen und Kunst in Zentralafrika, München 2002, p. 37, ill. 21

AHDRC: 0139932

Exhibition

Munich, Germany: Ngombo. Diviners Arts of Central Africa/ Wahrsagen und Kunst in Zentralafrika, Galerie Jahn, 2002

Africa

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