Fetish - Songye - DR Congo

Large wooden fetish figure adorned with copper and metals and with a loincloth made of plant fibers from the Katanga province in the DR Congo. On the head a horn. The Songye fetish figures derive their power from the fetish material, bishimba, which is inserted in the hollow of the horn and the abdomen. A magical mix of outward paraphernalia. In good condition. With certificate.
Belgian private collection of
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf (born Etterbeek 1949) graduated in the Plastic Arts department graphics at the Higher Sint Lukasinstituut in Schaarbeek (Brussels) in 1971.
Maurice C. P. Verstuyf aka Stef Verstuyf was until 2014 senior art director and creative director in several international advertising agencies and started his collection of tribal art in the early 1970s. This collection consists of masks and figures (no weapons) mainly from CONGO (DRC) and also from GABON, ANGOLA, IVORY COAST, GHANA, TOGO, BURKINA FASO, LIBERIA, CAMEROON and NIGERIA.