Two oracle figures · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3034160
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyWolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 8 cm resp. 8,5 cm
H: 3.1 inch resp. 3.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
several of these small figures were in the diviner’s basket, after he shaked the basket, he interpreted the cause for a stroke of fate or told the future according to the position of figures now on top.
The object Two oracle figures with the object ID 3034160 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 149 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Kecskési, Maria, Kunst aus Afrika, München, London, New York 1999, p. 164