23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 114
 

A Songye Janus standing power figure, Nikisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, the skull with horn charge and embedded animal bones, each face with applied copper strips and studs and a bishimba sack with cowrie shell applied to the cheek, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, a carved mask on the back, with animal hide around the waist, 97cm; and a further Songye standing male power figure, with horn charge, linear carved face painted white, a string of coloured glass beads and an animal tusk, 94cm

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

Sold for £160


 

A Songye Janus standing power figure, Nikisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, the skull with horn charge and embedded animal bones, each face with applied copper strips and studs and a bishimba sack with cowrie shell applied to the cheek, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, a carved mask on the back, with animal hide around the waist, 97cm; and a further Songye standing male power figure, with horn charge, linear carved face painted white, a string of coloured glass beads and an animal tusk, 94cm

Provenance

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

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