Small power figure "nkisi" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3032350

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, bowlegs, showing typical facial features and a cavity for the insertion of magical mass, cooper nail on top of the head, min. dam., cracks, minor missing parts, on wooden base;
smaller “nkisi” were kept inside the house in order to protect its inhabitants. They were often handed down from one generation to the next. These small “mankisi” were even taken along when people left their homes.

The object Small power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3032350 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 463.

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