Lot 0074

A LULUA "NKISHI" FIGURE

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Item Details

Description

Figur, "nkishi"
Lulua, DR Kongo
Gesockelt / with custom base
Holz. H 11,5 cm.

Provenienz:
- Emil Storrer (1917-1989), Zürich.
- Nachlass Albert Bösiger, Zürich.
- Galerie Walu, Zürich.

Persönlicher Fetisch, der durch Rituale und die Anbringung magischer Substanzen seine Magie entfaltete. Diese materialisierte Schnittstelle zwischen diesseitigen und übernatürlichen Kräften wurde eingesetzt, um das Gute zu fördern und das Negative zu vermindern.

Weiterführende Literatur: Timmermanns, Paul (1966). Essay de typologie de la sculpture des Bena Lulua du Kassai (Africa Tervuren 12). Tervuren: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale.

CHF 200 / 400
EUR 172 / 344

Condition

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