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Extraordinary fetish ensemble - human and animal, Bacongo, D.R. Congo
The figure has the animal on a leash. The back of the animal bears hammered-in iron nails.
The face of the figure is wrapped with cords, around the hips a band with a bone piece and a fragment of a fruit rind.

Origin: D.R. Congo
Ethnicity: Bacongo
Material: wood, iron nails, textile fiber, pigments, bone, slice from a fruit
Size: Height of the figure 29 cm, length of the animal 27 cm
Weight both: 651 grams
Shipping: DHL, insured package with tracking number

Aussergewöhnliches Fetisch Ensemble - Mensch und Tier, Bacongo, D.R.Kongo
Die Figur hat das Tier an einer Leine. Der Rücken das Tieres besitzt eingeschlagene Eisennägel.
Das Gesicht der Figur ist mit Schnüren umwickelt, um die Hüfte ein Band mit Knochenstück und ein Teil einer Fruchtschale.

Herkunft: D.R.Kongo
Ethnie: Bacongo
Material: Holz, Eisennägel Textilfaser, Pigmente, Knochen, Scheibe aus einer Frucht
Größe: Höhe der Figur 29 cm, Länge des Tieres 27 cm
Gewicht beide: 651 Gramm
Versand: DHL, versichertes Paket mit Trackingnummer

Fetish figure - Bakongo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Exceptional Ensemble  (No reserve price)

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Nkisi from the Bakongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a wooden Fetish ensemble dated ca. 1970–1980, 29 cm high by 27 cm wide, total weight 651 g, in good used condition, with the figure and a tied animal and bone and textile fragments as described.

Fetish figure - Bakongo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Exceptional Ensemble (No reserve price)

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Nkisi from the Bakongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a wooden Fetish ensemble dated ca. 1970–1980, 29 cm high by 27 cm wide, total weight 651 g, in good used condition, with the figure and a tied animal and bone and textile fragments as described.

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