Songye Figure
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tshofa region of the Kalebwe ya Ntambwe
- Late 19th - early 20th century
- Heavy wood, buffalo horn, animal skin (probably an antelope), metal, iron and copper blades, necklaces made of blue and white glass, another one of snake skin.
- H. 80 cm
- Provenance :
• Collected in 1940 by a Swedish missionary, Mr. Ephraïm Andersson
• Keita Segou
• Dr. Michel Gau, Saint-Tropez, France
Photo credit : Studio Asselberghs – Frédéric Dehaen
