A KONGO FIGURE, standing with one arm raised, the other on his hip, mirror inset eyes with red cloth pupils, fetish material applied to the abdomen, crack to head, wood base, 41cm. high; and a Fanti standing wood figure, kaolin applied to the surface, pegged penis and nipples and holes for pegs about the head, the arms and one foot missing, wood base, 32cm. high (2)

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A KONGO FIGURE, standing with one arm raised, the other on his hip, mirror inset eyes with red cloth pupils, fetish material applied to the abdomen, crack to head, wood base, 41cm. high; and a Fanti standing wood figure, kaolin applied to the surface, pegged penis and nipples and holes for pegs about the head, the arms and one foot missing, wood base, 32cm. high (2)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, both acquired from W.D. Webster, the Kongo figure, May 1897, the Akan figure, November 1896

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