23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 97
 

A Songye standing male power figure, Nikisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, with horn charge with inset wood pegs, power attributes of a sting of coloured glass beads and bond bishimba and a metal bell, the abdomen bishimba still intact, 110cm; and a Songye standing male power figure, with horn charge surrounded by metal blades, the face with applied sheet of embossed copper and brass studs, with inset cowrie shell eyes above a studded long beard, the neck applied with strings of coloured beads, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, with animal hide and a seed pod,104.5cm

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

Sold for £130


 

A Songye standing male power figure, Nikisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, with horn charge with inset wood pegs, power attributes of a sting of coloured glass beads and bond bishimba and a metal bell, the abdomen bishimba still intact, 110cm; and a Songye standing male power figure, with horn charge surrounded by metal blades, the face with applied sheet of embossed copper and brass studs, with inset cowrie shell eyes above a studded long beard, the neck applied with strings of coloured beads, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen, with animal hide and a seed pod,104.5cm

Provenance

The Andrzej Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection, London, UK.

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