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Curiosities, Objects de Vertu and a Selection of African Art. In partnership with Baias Arte. sessione unica
Wednesday 18 June 2025 hours 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
A large African Nkondi with iron blades
A large African Nkondi with iron blades
D.R. of Congo - Kongo people
Carved wood, wire, iron blades and Kaolin. Suggestive fetish sculpture depicting a standing human figure entrapped in a thick metal net attached to large metal blades embedded in the body. As other sculptures of this type the artifact was intended to punish from a long distance an enemy inflicting painful punishment and deprivation of freedom
H cm 62