Fetish
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (1956)Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, strongly encrusted, an anthropomorphic head rising from an animal horn, funnel-shaped receptacle of fabric and clay-like mass at the back of the head, filled with magical substances and inserted bunches of animal hair, brass tags framing the upper half of the face, handwritten inscription in white paint on the reverse: “169.R” and “D 43”, slightly dam., on base