Modern statue in the Nkisi style, Democratic Republic... Lot 22
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Modern statue in the Nkisi style, Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood, metal, plant fibers Height: 60 cm Male character with a frozen appearance, cubist volumes, shoulders, arms, beard, angular. Skillful play of projection of the elements of the body in the space represented by geometrical forms. Oval face, emaciated, like a skull, the gaze signified by small metal balls stares at the viewer with insistence and severity. The top of the forehead is decorated with a crown of nails. Surmounted by a worked headdress made of two flattened spheres positioned perpendicularly (the left part of which is missing). Rectangular shoulders, hollowed out rectangular belly, probably leaving room for an ancient magic charge. The waist is decorated with a belt of braided fibers and fabric. Small bent legs, the ankles decorated with a bracelet. Brown patina.
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