Bakongo Artist, Fetish, Late 19th-early 20th century

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Bakongo Artist

Fetish, Late 19th-early 20th century

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, metal, glass, fiber
Height: 12 inches (30.6 cm)

Provenance:
Collected by missionary Herman Bush at the end of the 19th century
Ex Valluet- Ferrandin, Paris
Ex private collection, New York, purchased from above in 2000

A standing Bakongo Fetish with a rectangular mirror charge on the abdomen. The oversized head features intense staring glass covered eyes. The carefully carved parted lips reveal filed teeth. A wooden bell with decorative motifs hangs from the neck of the figure. There is a remnant of an old label on the base of the figure.

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