Figure magique "biteki" ·  R. D. Congo, Yaka/Suku · ID: 3042927

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigment, the body completely wrapped in fabric, filled with magical ingredients, covered by a thick layer of encrusted mass and wrapped with strips of fabric, bunches of sticks emerging from each shoulder, rich sacrificial traces, slightly dam. (head), missing part (left foot tip), rep. (right foot tip), base.
The particular form of a statuette does not generally permit identification of its function, the kind of loading alone determines its purpose.