Fetish figure - Vili - Congo - power figure

an expressive 'nkisi kozo' power figure depicting a double-headed dog. From the Vili of the Congo.
The statue is made of hardwood, with grayish brown surface and a number of iron nails and metal parts driven into the wooden body.
From an Austrian collection - acquired in the 1990s at an estate sale in the leading auction house in Vienna.

Lenght approx. 60cm