Standing male power figure "nkisi" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3035951

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, cowrie shell eyes, characteristic posture and facial features, rich attachment of paraphernalia: animal horn with leather cuff in the parting, leather neck band, two strings of glass beads, tube of reptile skin with animal horn, remains of a plant fibre loincloth, round deepenings on the forehead, slightly dam. (ears, mouth), abrasion of paint, missing part through insect caused damage (bottom), base

The object Standing male power figure “nkisi” with the object ID 3035951 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 440.

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