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Descrizione : wood, pigments, plant fibres/ leaves, fabric, inventory number 66.524, brittle fabric Small figures which are used as receptacles or supports for magical preparations are called biteki. When they are charged with magical ingredients, the image becomes a particular type of nkisi, the medicine-poison that make ill - kukwata or make well - kubuka by an invisible influence. Published in: Negro African Art, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1966, p. 23, no. 110 Continent: Africa
Prezzo: 0.00 USD 🔓Senza carta di credito.
Stima (bassa/alta) : 3000 EUR-5000 EUR 🔓Senza carta di credito.

Il lotto Lotto n° 356
Titolo : Fetish Figure Biteki, EPOCA : 1966.0
Dimensione : H: 18 cm, H: 7,1 inch
Provenienza : Nancy & Gerhard Mennen Williams, Michigan, USA (as a gift to) Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA (Accession no. 66.524) Williams built his collection of West African art while serving as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the 1960s. He donated a part of his collection to The Detroit Institute of Arts about 1968.
Literature : Bourgeois, Arthur P., Art of the Yaka and Suku, Paris 1984, p. 107
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, banditore, Würzburg, DE 🔓Senza carta di credito.
Titolo di vendita : 94 Tribal Art Auction
Data della vendita : 07/03/2020 🔓Senza carta di credito.
Riferimento dell'asta : Live Sale

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