A SONGYE POWER FIGURE, Democratic Republic of the Congo

with a water buck horn (kobus ellipsiprymnus) on top of the head, domestic goat (capra hircus) hair on the head and two domestic goat horns (capra hircus) attached to the arms. 

Chaim and Renee Gross, New York, acquired in Paris in the 1970s

Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., The Sculptor's Eye: The African Art collects ion of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross, 1976 (additional venues: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, November 5, 1976 - January 2, 1977; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, March 27 - May 1, 1977; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, May 17 - July 17, 1977)

Very good condition overall; wear and tear from traditional use; the metal attachments partially corroded; one of the hair bundles inserted into the proper left shoulder missing, raffia skirt very fragile, aged patina with red pigment and residue.
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