TITLE: Fetish
MATERIAL: Wood and Material
PEOPLE: Teke
COUNTRY:Kwango River Region - Congo
Teke art has produced some
great masterpieces and have
three characteristic elements:
a variety of headdresses, fine
parallel scarifications on the
cheeks and the addition of fetish
materials either in an abdominal
cavity or in a body-enveloping
sack from which the head and
feet protrude. These fetishes are
called muti and are filled with
magic substances & ingredients
for protection or to cure
ailments.
11 5/8"h x 3"w x3 1/2, height including base 11 3/4"
