Songye statuette with mask - Songye - DR Congo (No reserve price)

The Songye are settled on the left bank of the Lualaba River, on a plateau covered with savannah and forest.
The Songye created impressive statues often covered with numerous accessories and masks with powerful features called kifwebe.
The Songye fetish statues
Metal bands, nails, and other accessories are sometimes applied to the face to ward off malicious and aggressive forces and to direct lightning against them.
Additionally, the top of the head and the belly are often hollowed out to contain beautiful substances or horns called Bishimba; a specialist, Nganga, is responsible for this.
Attaching magical objects such as snake skins, feathers, necklaces, metal, and bracelets with the intention of enhancing one's power.
Note: There was a break on the left hand.