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African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331
African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331

African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremo-4331

$ 58.08

Availability: 56 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Modified Item: No
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1600-1900
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Benin
  • Condition: African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremony
  • Culture: African

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    African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremony-23.3/11.5 CM
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    African Hand Carved one piece of wood Wood African masks ritual mask ceremony-23.3/11.5 CM
    This superb sculpture is an nkisi nkondi figure, made by the Kongo people of what was once Zaire. It is a standing man, with an oversized head, an open mouth, glazed eyes and one arm upraised. The whole body is irregularly pierced with hundreds of iron nails and other objects, with organic and ferrous elements attached to them (see below). The centre of the chest bears two eminences that hold magical materials; in religious terms, this was the most important part of the sculpture, which only served as a receptacle for the bilongo’s spiritual power. The Kongo (or Bakongo) people live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Congo. They lived in a series of loosely- connected yet autonomous kingdoms, which were modified by tribal warfare from neighbouring regions and the arrival of the Portuguese. The kingdom absorbed European traditions and religion while retaining much of their indigenous culture intact. Indigenous Kongo society was based around the kingship model
    SIZE OF THE Figure
    23.3/11.5 CM
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    An original patina covers the item
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    This superb sculpture is an nkisi nkondi figure, made by the Kongo people of what was once Zaire. It is a standing man, with an oversized head, an open mouth, glazed eyes and one arm upraised. The whole body is irregularly pierced with hundreds of iron nails and other objects, with organic and ferrous elements attached to them (see below). The centre of the chest bears two eminences that hold magical materials; in religious terms, this was the most important part of the sculpture, which only served as a receptacle for the bilongo’s spiritual power. The Kongo (or Bakongo) people live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Congo. They lived in a series of loosely- connected yet autonomous kingdoms, which were modified by tribal warfare from neighbouring regions and the arrival of the Portuguese. The kingdom absorbed European traditions and religion while retaining much of their indigenous culture intact. Indigenous Kongo society was based around the kingship model
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