Amulette "mikisi mihasi" ·  R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3048378

Description

animal tooth (warthog), base

These predominantly female pendants, mostly carved out of the curvature of a tooth, are supposed to commemorate certain, particularly revered ancestors. In their honour, the figurines are regularly rubbed with oil.

Most of them are pierced so that they could be worn on the body. Sometimes they are also said to have been attached to the scepters of chiefs.

L’objet Amulette “mikisi mihasi” avec l’ID d’objet 3048378 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 97e Vente aux enchères dans 6 novembre 2021. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 328 a atteint un prix de vente de 650 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 600 €.

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Littérature comparée

Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 108 f.