Zemanek-Münster

Small male power figure "nkisi"

D. R. Congo, Songye
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.


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