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Kusu wooden ancestor fetish ca 1900 DR Congo Africa Central African Tribal Art
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Nicely carved Kusu / Congo statue with beautiful face / almond shaped eyes and triangular face with beard. Top of the head is a big hole to charche the powerful statue and has patina of age and use.
This statue, used for worship, is most likely a fetish, representing the ancestor who is being honoured. The Kusu's religious practice was also influenced by its neighbours. All of them share common beliefs; they recognize the Vilie (supreme being), and worship ancestors and various nature spirits. In fact, the Kusu use powerful magical figures similar to those found among the Songye.
Kusu societies, with their mysterious past, nevertheless developed workshops based on their own traditions, at the confluence of these diverse and sometimes contradictory influences: they stand out most for "a determinedly ring-shaped technique, polymorphous faces with flat, even concave surfaces, with almond-shaped eyes set close together and touching the base of the nose.
- Dimensions:Height: 11.42 in (29 cm)Width: 4.73 in (12 cm)Depth: 4.73 in (12 cm)
- Style:Tribal (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1900
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Leuven, BE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU8895235084242
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