Personal protective figure in form of an amulet · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3037968
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Provenance
Herbert F. Rieser, London, England (bought in the 1970’s from an inherited collection)Description
ivory, drilled holes underneath the armpits, honey brown patina on the backside (through regular contact with the human body), whitish coating on the frontside, deepening in the navel with traces of kaolin, slightly dam.
Littérature comparée
Hersak, Dunja, Songye, Masks and Figure Sculpture, London 1986, p. 154 ff.