Important fétiche à clous Nkonde KONGO

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3000 - 5000 EUR
Important fétiche à clous Nkonde KONGO
In heavy wood, with brown patina, nails and iron blades, eyes set with glass, the right arm raised (knife missing, nails and blades in the back have been removed), the protruding belly cavity closed by a mirror. H 76 cm R D Congo We thank Father François NEYT, art historian, exhibition curator, author of numerous books on Tribal Art and in particular on Songye statues, for his two-page report signed and dated 27 September 2013: "This Kongo sculpture belongs to the Nkonde type. These are fearsome effigies intended to ward off evil spirits, to discern the truth. A statue with a more ovoid face is in the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. With the same attitude: standing posture, right arm raised, the fingers of the hand forming a circle intended to hold a weapon, left arm resting on the hip. "This work comes from Mayombe and would have been used at the beginning of the 20th century. Extracts from the report by Father François NEYT, art historian, exhibition curator, author of numerous books on Tribal Art and in particular on Songye statues, from his two-page report signed and dated 27 September 2013. High resolution photos (Delivery of lots or Paris (rue Drouot) Lyon et Marseille a few days after the sale) 3 000 - 5 000 EUR - 3 150 - 5 250 CHF
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