Your king - Yaka - Tribe - DR Congo

Beautiful and large cultural statue of the khosi yaka (64 cm) in very good condition. Acquired from an expatriate collector. Little available on the art market.
Hardwood.
Statuette of divination and fertility, it carries medicines introduced into the abdomen and protected by a resin plug and cowrie-shell finish.
It plays an important role in divination, an ambivalent role due to remedies that are benevolent ... or malicious.

The latest photos show a similar statuette in Tribal Art Magazine,

Not sold in the USA