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BLANCHET & Associés
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Songye torso, Democratic Republic of Congo, wood, cowrie she…
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151
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Songye torso, Democratic Republic of Congo, wood, cowrie she…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Songye torso, Democratic Republic of Congo, wood, cowrie shells, H.34cmxW.12cm (base). Powerful in its presence and measured in its scale, this Songye statue belongs to the category of domestic Nkishi. Intended for family use, it concentrates in a compact volume all the tension of the power it is supposed to embody: that of a protective spirit watching over the home and the ancestors of the lineage, guaranteeing prosperity and meeting personal needs. The nganga - diviner and intercessor - has inserted the horn, the ritual charge (bishimba), which gives it its occult vitality, thus activating the invisible power it conceals.
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