Two Kongo power figures, Nkisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, the standing figures with bound bilongo and mirror on their chests, a further bilongo on their backs, the taller figure with white pigment eyes, 19cm & 21cm; a Songye kneeling reliquary figure, the hands resting on the needs either side of a swollen abdomen, decorated with brass studs and red plastic discs, 20cm; and a pair of Tanzanian standing fetish figures, representing a male and a female, each tightly bound in material and covered in a dark pigment, on wood base, 23.3cm
The Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection
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Two Kongo power figures, Nkisi, Democratic Republic of Congo, the standing figures with bound bilongo and mirror on their chests, a further bilongo on their backs, the taller figure with white pigment eyes, 19cm & 21cm; a Songye kneeling reliquary figure, the hands resting on the needs either side of a swollen abdomen, decorated with brass studs and red plastic discs, 20cm; and a pair of Tanzanian standing fetish figures, representing a male and a female, each tightly bound in material and covered in a dark pigment, on wood base, 23.3cm
ProvenanceThe Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection