Statue - Congo (No Reserve Price)
Impressive and deliberately frightening SONGYE fetish statue from Congo,
made of wood, steel nails and upholsterer, copper, horn, shell, magic charge on the head, raffia loincloth and ropes.
the originality of this statue comes from the heads and busts of children which surround the body of the reliquary and give it a particular charge and power linked to birth, fertility and illness.
old patina
View it on
Sale price
Time, Location
Auction House
Impressive and deliberately frightening SONGYE fetish statue from Congo,
made of wood, steel nails and upholsterer, copper, horn, shell, magic charge on the head, raffia loincloth and ropes.
the originality of this statue comes from the heads and busts of children which surround the body of the reliquary and give it a particular charge and power linked to birth, fertility and illness.
old patina
Sale price
Time, Location
Auction House
