A SONGYE COMMUNITY POWER FIGURE Standing with hands to each side of the prominent abdomen, embossed metal strips to cheeks, nose and forehead, reptilian skin bound fetish material about the neck and waist, fur attached to the top of the head, in the mouth and on the buttocks, a string of bells about the waist, the circular base covered with hide secured with metal band, two wooden carrying sticks, glossy black patina. 94 cm. high Provenienz Provenance: Georges Frederick Keller, Davos Paolo Morigi, Lugano Steven van de Raadt and Kathy van der Pas, Rotterdam Literatur Literature: Morigi, P., Raccolta di un amatore d'arte primitiva, Bern, 1980, p.348, no.304