Small male power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3037738
sold
EUR 400
Size
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, pokerwork, min. dam., crack at the right side;
smaller “mankisi” were kept inside the house in order to protect its inhabitants. They were often handed down from one generation to the next.
The object Small male power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3037738 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 494 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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