Fetish Figure
Item
- Accession Number
- 2019.9
- Title
- Fetish Figure
- Ethnic Group
- Songye
- Subject
- Figure|Ritual|Central Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Date
- 20th century
- Medium
- Wood|Wooden Bead|Raffia Rope|Snakeskin
- Format
- H x W x D: 12.5 x 2.5 x 3.25 in. (31.75 x 6.35 x 8.255 cm)
- Description
- A fetish figure with upswept coiffure showing a hole for fetish materials, diamond-shaped eyes, and a large open mouth showing teeth, as well as a long-pointed jaw. The body shows arms and hands held against a distended abdomen with a prominent umbilicus, a reptile in skirt held on with a cord, which also contains a small wood cylinder, and short legs with very large feet standing on a mound-like base. The figure is stained and patinated.
- Item sets
- African Art
