23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 135
 

Two Songye standing male power figures, Mankisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, with power attributes of horn charges, strings of coloured glass beads, animal hides, teeth and horns, bound bishimba, sea shells, a carved figure and seed pods, (central horn missing from smaller figure, only traces left), the taller figure with applied strips of embossed copper and studs to the face, 73cm 90cm

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

Sold for £180


 

Two Songye standing male power figures, Mankisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, with power attributes of horn charges, strings of coloured glass beads, animal hides, teeth and horns, bound bishimba, sea shells, a carved figure and seed pods, (central horn missing from smaller figure, only traces left), the taller figure with applied strips of embossed copper and studs to the face, 73cm 90cm

Provenance

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

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