"Democratic Republic Of Congo (formerly Zaire), Songye People, Mid-20th Century, Ancient Anthropomorphic Fetish With Dark Shiny Patina"
Old anthropomorphic fetish with dark shiny patina
DRC (ex Zaire), Songye people
Mid-20th century
°°° Price can be reasonably negotiated °°°
The fetish represents a female character standing on short legs and resting on wide feet, standing on a high circular base. The body with a drooping chest presents a swollen abdomen, hollowed out by a small umbilicus, the arms bent at right angles and detached from the body, large hands positioned on each side of the abdomen. A small cylindrical neck receives a trapezoidal head sculpted with great mastery. Large lenticular eyes in the shape of coffee beans frame a long, thin triangular nose, the latter placed above a half-moon mouth in high relief. The horseshoe-shaped ears, the hairstyle treated in five distinct braids brought back.
Wood with dark shiny patina
Marks of use, old cracks
3.6 x 22 cm without stand
Private collection
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