Lot 119
119
A YOMBE FETISH FIGURE, standing with the arms carved in relief about a large encrustation of fetish material with inset rectangular mirror and two inserted bamboo tubes, the face with inset oval glass eyes, small mouth, the crescent diadem with applied brass upholstery nails, on flexed legs and square base, reddened patina, damages

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A YOMBE FETISH FIGURE, standing with the arms carved in relief about a large encrustation of fetish material with inset rectangular mirror and two inserted bamboo tubes, the face with inset oval glass eyes, small mouth, the crescent diadem with applied brass upholstery nails, on flexed legs and square base, reddened patina, damages
41.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Neither Krieger (1965) nor Lehuard (1989) reproduce a figure with a similar coiffure (of crescent form with inset upholstery nails) amongst the numerous illustrations in their extensive works. Nor is a figure illustrated with inset bamboo sections within the fetish material, but the present figure does have certain similarities to the Manyamga figure illustrated by Lehuard on page 444 - the Manyanga being related to the Yombe.

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