Lot 50
KONGO YOMBE NKISI FIGURE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Auction: 28 May 2026 from 13:00 BST
Description
carved wood and brass, shown standing, the torso angled forwards, the face expressive, with large open eyes inlaid with glass and emphasised by arched eyebrows, the features executed with great detail, the teeth carved to a point, the magical charge at the belly removed, brass upholstery nails remain around the crown of the head and across the back
Dimensions
25.7cm tall
Provenance
Private collection, Antwerp, Belgium
Subsequently part of a United Kingdom private collection
Footnote
For a comparable work, possibly executed by the same hand, see Lot 43, sale Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Giquello & Associés, Paris, 22 November 2022. That example was collected in the field by Hippolyte-Paul Le Layec, Governor of Middle Congo, in 1935.