An old and very beautiful voodoo stake statuette with wooden plates tied together and attached to a reptile skin, girdling the figure.
Fon, Benin
Wood, cord, wood plates, reptile skin, wear and crack of age, very nice patina of use.
H. 16 cm
Provenance :
Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection.
Exhibition and publication :
Voodoo Exhibition, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2011, reproduced pp. 161-162, pp. 186 and 225, fig. 11.
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