Figure fétiche debout "nkisi", avant 1910 ·  R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3043105

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, bulky feet, torso with angular shoulders and with arms tight to the body, large elongated head with projecting chin, min. dam., crack (base), slight traces of abrasion.
Early style, probaby from the region of Belande.

Littérature comparée

Neyt, Francois, Songye, Brussels 2004, p. 50, ill. 10 (same carver)