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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4233836, member: 8267"]Most probably another pastiche made for sale. I suspect it is made by a West African carver - the shape of the face and the "serene" expression suggest Baule style, but it seems to incorporate elements from Congo nkisi, such as the white inlaid eyes and the compartment for "medicine" (usually placed on the chest of a full nkisi figure).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/auctionmediaphotos/3/2/b/1476906833022263.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.auction.fr/_en/lot/beautiful-power-figure-nkisi-d-r-congo-bakongo-yombe-vili-10808715" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.auction.fr/_en/lot/beautiful-power-figure-nkisi-d-r-congo-bakongo-yombe-vili-10808715" rel="nofollow">https://www.auction.fr/_en/lot/beautiful-power-figure-nkisi-d-r-congo-bakongo-yombe-vili-10808715</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4233836, member: 8267"]Most probably another pastiche made for sale. I suspect it is made by a West African carver - the shape of the face and the "serene" expression suggest Baule style, but it seems to incorporate elements from Congo nkisi, such as the white inlaid eyes and the compartment for "medicine" (usually placed on the chest of a full nkisi figure). [IMG]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/auctionmediaphotos/3/2/b/1476906833022263.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.auction.fr/_en/lot/beautiful-power-figure-nkisi-d-r-congo-bakongo-yombe-vili-10808715[/URL][/QUOTE]
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