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Fetish presented standing, hands symbolically placed on the belly, the navel is hollowed out of a cavity containing fetish materials and animal teeth. His beautiful face, with a serene expression, is covered with metal repoussé with a granulated...

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Fetish presented standing, hands symbolically placed on the belly, the navel is hollowed out of a cavity containing fetish materials and animal teeth. His beautiful face, with a serene expression, is covered with metal repoussé with a granulated decoration
Wood, cowries, copper, brass, horn and various materials
An ancient patina used for honey
Songye, style of Lubefu and Sankuru, Tempa region, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th - early 20th century
41 x 10 cm

Provenance:
Former French collection Francis Articlos, former dental surgeon in Kinshasa. Bought from a Yaka breeder in Kinshasa. Harvested around 1950

Bibliography: François NEYT, "Fleuve Congo", Fonds Mercator 2010 for a similar object reproduced p.240 fig. 162 Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.

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Fetish presented standing, hands symbolically placed on the belly, the navel is hollowed out of a cavity containing fetish materials and animal teeth. His beautiful face, with a serene expression, is covered with metal repoussé with a granulated decoration
Wood, cowries, copper, brass, horn and various materials
An ancient patina used for honey
Songye, style of Lubefu and Sankuru, Tempa region, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th - early 20th century
41 x 10 cm

Provenance:
Former French collection Francis Articlos, former dental surgeon in Kinshasa. Bought from a Yaka breeder in Kinshasa. Harvested around 1950

Bibliography: François NEYT, "Fleuve Congo", Fonds Mercator 2010 for a similar object reproduced p.240 fig. 162 Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.

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