A Mayombe Nkisi power figure.
Wood, iron, glass, bitumen, sacrificial patina, 26,5 cm high. Late 19th century. Like many people in the Congo, the Yombe make power figures to help with healing, catch thieves or ask for wealth and good fortune. The iron nails embedded into the figure are believed to release ancestral power. The ritual involves music, dancing, sacrifices and invocations performed by the nganga, a ritual expert, who charges and directs the Nkisi.(VJ)
Provenance:
Collected in situ between 1910 and 1920;
Collection Ghyssels-Vermeire, Gent;
Collection A. Rombout, Gent.
Expert: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
30.03.2022 - 16:00
- Dosažená cena: **
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EUR 23.040,-
- Odhadní cena:
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EUR 10.000,- do EUR 14.000,-
- Vyvolávací cena:
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EUR 8.000,-
A Mayombe Nkisi power figure.
Wood, iron, glass, bitumen, sacrificial patina, 26,5 cm high. Late 19th century. Like many people in the Congo, the Yombe make power figures to help with healing, catch thieves or ask for wealth and good fortune. The iron nails embedded into the figure are believed to release ancestral power. The ritual involves music, dancing, sacrifices and invocations performed by the nganga, a ritual expert, who charges and directs the Nkisi.(VJ)
Provenance:
Collected in situ between 1910 and 1920;
Collection Ghyssels-Vermeire, Gent;
Collection A. Rombout, Gent.
Expert: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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| Datum: | 30.03.2022 - 16:00 |
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