Lot n° 73
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Kongo, (RDC) Congo - Lot 73
Kongo, (RDC) Congo
Crucifix, "Nkangi Kiditu", Kongo. Brass. +/-30.8 cm.
Biblio: Nkangi kiditu crucifixes were still owned by certain chiefs in the DRC and Angola in the 19th and 20th centuries. The leaflet evokes some of the different Kongo groups to have known this attribute of power, deals with its functions, explains its European origin and its link with the first evangelization (15th-18th centuries). Crucifix kongo (Les) Kongo Crucifixes (The) Julien Volper p. 415-419.
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