23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 46
 

Two Songye male standing power figures, Nkisi, Democratic Repubic of Congo, one with horn charge and embossed sheet copper and studs applied to the face, with cowrie shell eyes, each with hands either side of a swollen abdomen, power attributes comprising of bound bishimba, tusks, strings of coloured glass beads and animal skin, 71cm & 85cm

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

Sold for £130


 

Two Songye male standing power figures, Nkisi, Democratic Repubic of Congo, one with horn charge and embossed sheet copper and studs applied to the face, with cowrie shell eyes, each with hands either side of a swollen abdomen, power attributes comprising of bound bishimba, tusks, strings of coloured glass beads and animal skin, 71cm & 85cm

Provenance

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

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