Consulter la cote et le prix de Fetish Figure Biteki, 1966.0

Description : 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
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À propos du lot n° 356
Titre : Fetish Figure Biteki, PÉRIODE : 1966.0
Dimensions : H: 18 cm, H: 7,1 inch
Provenance : 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
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Titre de la vente : 94 Tribal Art Auction
Date de la vente : 07/03/2020 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Référence de l'enchère : Live Sale

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