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DE BAECQUE et Associés - Lyon
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# VILI, YOMBE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Small wooden…
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260
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# VILI, YOMBE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Small wooden…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
# VILI, YOMBE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Small wooden fetish with a strong patina for ritual use. It wears the traditional mitre-shaped headdress and its face is scarred with vertical curved lines on the cheeks and temples. On his abdomen, a magical charge and various organic materials are held in place by plant fibre ties.
First half of the 20th century
H. 21 cm
Visible erosions and cracks attesting to the intensity of use and age.
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