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MC1735 Rare Fetish Songye Tempa Power Figure Statue Congo DRC

MC1735 Rare Fetish Songye Tempa Power Figure Statue Congo DRC

$1,345.00 Sale

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CONGO DRC

RARE FETISH SONGYE (Nkishi).

Beautiful sculpture of the Songye Tempa (Sankuru- Lubefu Zone)

This rare Siamese statue united by the trunk obviously reminds us of the fetish with very similar characteristics illustrated in Neyt, 2009, fig 98, having successively belonged to Camille Duyck (Brussels)

Pierre Dartevelle, (Brussels), Hélène and Philippe Leloup Kamer (Paris / New York), Rudolf and Leonore Blum (Zurich) and sold by Christie's on June 19, 2014


Mankishi (plural of "Nkishi") are figures of power,
They serve as relays with the spirits of the dead, very present in religion...
They are used in "magical" rites serving the interest and well-being of an individual or the entire community. (Art and Power in the Savannah of Central Africa, p. 72-73)

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Fetish (Nkishi).
ETHNICITY: Songye – Basongye.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood, glass
DIMENSIONS: Height 41 cm
45 cm with the base
 CONDITION: Fair
(See photos)
 
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Bibliography - SONGYE - Bibliography

Masks - Masks
- Songye masks and figure sculpture, Dunja Hersak London 1985
- Colors, Streaks and Projections, Dunja Hersak, in Objects Signs of Africa, Texts collected by Luc de Heusch, Snoek, Pages 161-173
- Art and Power in the Central African Savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008
- Masks Kifwebe, Woods Dawy, Tribal Art Magazine N° 20 Spring 2008 Pages 102-113
- Songye; the formidable Songye statuary of Central Africa, François Neyt, Mercator Fund, 2009.

Fetishes - Power figures
- Songye; the formidable Songye statuary of Central Africa, François Neyt, Mercator Fund, 2009.
- Art and Power in the Central African Savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008

Shields - Shields
- Objects Signs of Africa, texts brought together by Luc de Heusch, "Colors, Stries and Projections", Dunja Hersak, sd Snoek, Pages 161-173
- Shields, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania from the collection Barbier-Mueller Museum, Jean-Paul Barbier, Alain-Michel Boyer, P. Benitez-Johannot, Prestel, 2000
- Shields of Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Jean-Paul Barbier, Alain-Michel Boyer, P. Benitez-Johannot, Adam Biro, 1998
- Arts of Black Africa, in the Barbier Mueller collection, presented by Werner Schmalenbach, Fondation Maeght, 1989 p264 Note by Joseph Cornet
- Songye; the formidable Songye statuary of Central Africa, François Neyt, Mercator Fund, 2009.
- Songye masks and figure sculpture, Dunja Hersak London 1985

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CONGO DRC

RARE SONGYE POWER FIGURE (NKISHI)

Beautiful sculpture of the Songye Tempa (Sankuru- Lubefu Area)

This rare siamese statue united by the torse obviously reminds us of the fetish with very similar characteristics illustrated in Neyt, 2009, fig 98, having successively belonged to Camille Duyck (Brussels), Pierre Dartevelle, (Brussels), Hélène and Philippe Leloup Kamer ( Paris / New York), Rudolf and Leonore Blum (Zurich) and sold by Christie's on June 19, 2014

The Mankishi (plural of "Nkishi") are figures of power,
They were used as relays with the spirits of the dead people very present in the religion.. They are used in "magic" rites serving the interest and well-being of an Individual or the entire community. (Art and Power in the Savannah of Central Africa, p. 72-73).

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Fetish (Nkisi)
ETHNICAL GROUP: Songye – Basongye – Songe.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
(ex Zaire, ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL:Wood, glass
DIMENSIONS: About 16 1/4 inches high (41 cm)
17 3/4 with its base (45 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
(Please have a look on the pictures)
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