Description: wood, encrusted patina, pigments, sacrificial traces, rest., base "Ikenga", which means "place of strength", are storage containers for the "chi", the life energy of a person. A striking and rare detail of this figure are the carved heads arranged in a ring around the head of the "ikenga, in which the power of the ancestors seems to be bundled. A comparable figure can be found at the African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre (AHDRC 0093427). Continent: Africa
Dimensions: H: 66 cm, H: 26,0 inch
Condition Report: See description
Provenance: British Collection German Private Collection Dorotheum, Vienna, 4 December 2018, Lot 81