Janus-headed power figure "nkisi" · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3033606
Max Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Belgian Private Collection
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Sotheby’s New York, 18 November 1997, lot 164
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, oily in some areas, with bent legs rising from a fragmentary base, oval head with hole on top, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
smaller “nkisi” were kept inside the house in order to protect its inhabitants. They were often handed down from one generation to the next. These small “mankisi” were even taken along when people left their homes.
L’objet Janus-headed power figure “nkisi” avec l’ID d’objet 3033606 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 70th tribal art auction dans 8 septembre 2012 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 456 a atteint un prix de vente de 5 800 €.
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Littérature comparée
Hersak, Dunja, Songye, London 1986, p. 158, ill. 116