Figure féminine à genoux "nkisi" / "nkishi" (pl. mankishi)

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Description

wood, mirror glass, copper alloy,

The female depicts a titled woman of high rank. Her wrists are carved with bracelets, she wears metal rings on her neck and ears. Her beautiful face is crowned by a tapered coiffure. The prominent mouth with beautifully curved lips reveals ritually chipped teeth. The eyes are inlaid with mirror glass.

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Publications

Lehuard, Raoul, "Art Bakongo, Les Centres de Style", Vol. II, Sarcelles 1989, p. 583, ill. K 8-1-2; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Ergänzungskatalog: "Götter - Geister - Ahnen, Afrikanische Skulpturen in deutschen Privatsammlungen im Museum für Völkerkunde Wien", München 1994, p. 25, ill. 290; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 233

AHDRC: 0017786

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Exposition

Austria, Vienna, Neue Hofburg, "Götter Geister Ahnen. Afrikanische Skulpturen in deutschen Privatsammlungen im Museum für Völkerkunde Wien", 23 March-24 July 1994

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