BAS CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Fetish featuring a male figure standing on a circular pedestal. He is sculpted in a dynamic posture, his gaze accentuated by painted glass inlays. The rectangular cavity on the belly would originally have contained a magic charge, present at the top of the head. Wood, glass, chain, fabric and prophylactic material on the head. Old honey-brown patina. H. 24 cm. Provenance: former collection of Docteur Léon Fouks (great friend of Charles Ratton); sale SVV Lavoissiere-Gueilhers, La Rochelle, May 6, 2014, lot 303.

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