Small male power figure "nkisi" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3038039
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Provenance
Peter Pollack, New York City and Florida, USA (pre-1964)Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, camwood powder, small traces of kaolin, opening in head and navel for insertion of magical substances, old collection number handwritten at the bottom of the base “P 62”, slightly dam., minor missing parts (mouth, left knee, backside), fine cracks, small traces of insect caused damage at the base
The object Small male power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3038039 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 487.
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