Maternity Fetish Yaka Of Congo

female fetish representing a YAKA maternity from CONGO Semi-hard wood with beautiful patina of use, remains of polychromy on the face and upper body (which is very rare) with its headdress in fabrics, feathers and raffia cords encircling its lower abdomen very pronounced nose typical of this ethnic group, the half-open mouth revealing the teeth, the large half-closed eyes and the protruding ears wood cracked in places that I point out so as not to be criticized It is the village sorcerer who recommended to young women to have a statuette made by the master sculptor carrying a child in order to provoke fertility in the latter This piece is of remarkable quality the arms folded on either side of the thorax and the belly the legs slightly bent, wide feet a child clinging to the lower abdomen free shipping worldwide