MC1433 Pretty Fetish Songye Milembwe Power Figure Congo DRC

MC1433 Pretty Fetish Songye Milembwe Power Figure Congo DRC

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CONGO DRC

PRETTY LITTLE FETISH SONGYE (Nkishi).


Nice little fetish, from the Milembwe region
glass bead necklace

A piece with very similar architecture was sold at Sotheby's Paris in 2010: "A New York Collection", Sotheby's, 30 November 2010 • Paris
Ernst and Ruth Anspach Collection, New York
See also Neyt 2018 (pages 120 to 157 figures 33 and 34, pages 126 to 130)

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 beads, horn, copper upholstery nails
DIMENSIONS: Height 26.5 cm
CONDITION: Fair
(See photos)
Estimated age: 1940s
 
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Bibliography - SONGYE - Bibliography

- A New York Collection", Sotheby's, 30 November 2010 • Paris


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
- Sculptures and Forms of Africa, François Neyt and Hugues Dubois, Editions 5 Continents, 2018

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

CUTE SONGYE POWER FIGURE (NKISHI)

From the Milembwe area - Glass beads necklace
A piece with very similar architecture was sold at Sotheby's Paris in 2010: "A New York Collection", Sotheby's, 30 November 2010 • Paris - Ernst and Ruth Anspach Collection,

See also Neyt 2018 (pages 120 to 157 figures 33 and 34, pages 126 to 130)

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 beads, horn, copper upholstery nails
DIMENSIONS: About 10 1/2 inches high
CONDITION: Medium
(Please have a look on the pictures)
Estimated age: 1940's

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