A very beautiful and ancient miniature bewitchment and control stake statuette with two rodent skulls tied on either side of the scarified figure in the face, and a stake still stuck in the throat to cause aphasia.
Fon, Benin
Wood, bone, string, feathers, very beautiful and old patina of use.
H. 10 cm
Provenance :
Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection.
Exhibition and publication :
Voodoo Exhibition, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2011, reproduced p. 163 and 186.
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