A vintage African wooden Songye Nkisi or Goolled carved ornament. From a personal collection of a German collector who was in Africa in the 1980-90’s. At time of listing, we were listing about a dozen other pieces from the same collector.
Maker’s mark / hallmarks: none
Sourced: in Normandy, France
Origin: Africa
Age: circa 1980’s
Materials: wood
Size roughly: 56h x 12 x 17 cm – 22 x 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Weight roughly: 2 kg (over 2kg when safely wrapped so expensive to ship)
Condition: in vintage condition with signs of previous use, wear and tear from previous display, drying out cracks to include belly and leg and other smaller ones, front left foot is blunt, scrapes and scratches, tarnish and patina but structurally sound, please see all pictures which form part of the description
Shipped from France