A Songye Kalwebe style community power figure, Nkisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, a horn charge and animal teeth to the centre of the head, the face covered in sheet copper with brass studs, with inset cowrie shell eyes and animal hair to the nostrils, the hands either side of a swollen abdomen with intact Bishimba, adorned with animal hide, coins, a bell, conch shell, animal teeth, glass beads, plastic discs, seed pods and a raffia skirt, 80.5cm

The Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection