"Songye Statuette, D R C"
Statuette showing us a figure standing with folded hands on his prominent belly. He is shown wearing a "Kifwebe" mask. This type of statuette are protective fetishes of the house. It had to be placed on the ground, the base is eroded. The holes under the arms had to let pass a rope where the magic charges were fixed.Black lacquered wood revealing a patina of use.
Songye people, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mid-20th century, H: 27 cm
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