Standing female figure "nkhosi" · Gabon, Lumbo · ID: 3044712
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USASize
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, base
This figures had a divinatory function or acted to protect lineage-related relics. They were ritual tools of the “nganga”(diviner/healer).
The object Standing female figure “nkhosi” with the object ID 3044712 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 236 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 275