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A FINE SONGYE MAGIC FIGURE
Standing with the hands on the abdomen, the arms, legs, head and neck with inset copper pins, fetish cavity to the abdomen, dark patina
13cm. high
Standing with the hands on the abdomen, the arms, legs, head and neck with inset copper pins, fetish cavity to the abdomen, dark patina
13cm. high
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.95, fig.92
Exhibited
African and New Guinea Sculpture from the Josef Herman Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1969, no.28
Special notice
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