TEKE, Republic of Congo.
Wood, light brown patina.
Fetish statue of a standing figure with an empty abdominal cavity and half-bent legs. The face is decorated with linear scarification, the beard trapezoidal and the hairstyle composed of a disc and a flat, tapered crest. An ancient sculpture but not consecrated in its related ritual.
1st half of the 20th century.
Height: 36.5 cm.
Gluing, slits.
Provenance: Collection Joseph Christiaens, Bruges.