Small power figure "nkisi" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3038465

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, remains of pigments, attached paraphernalia (glass bead necklace, small wooden peg, plant fibre), several drillings (crypto-fetish), small animal horn on the head, eyes inset with cowrie snails, min. dam., missing parts (foot tips), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
smaller “mankisi” (sing. - 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 3038465 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 484 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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