Zemanek-Münster

Standing power figure "nkisi", before 1910

D. R. Congo, Songye
sold EUR 1,200
Provenance
French Collection
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, bulky feet, torso with angular shoulders and with arms tight to the body, large elongated head with projecting chin, min. dam., crack (base), slight traces of abrasion.
Early style, probaby from the region of Belande.


Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Songye, Brussels 2004, p. 50, ill. 10 (same carver)

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