Small Songye fetish (D.R. Congo) The male figure is shown standing, with his hands on either side of his prominent abdomen, with the umbilicus supporting a metal point. Another is stuck to the top of his skull. Wood with a patina of use, small visible accidents. H : 18,5 cm Provenance : Acquired at the Hôtel Drouot, sale Maîtres Loudmer Poulain of December 14, 1976, lot 125 (not reproduced).

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