This Fipa fertility figure is depicted standing upright, hands placed either side of its stomach, the legs are slightly poised. At its navel is a cavity covered by a mirror, glass beads and ruminates of ritual pigments and wax. In the top of its head a fragment of a small animal horn can be found with further traces of fetish materials inside. The surface patina is dry and worn indicating the figure once had prolonged ritual use. Decorating its neck are stands of early glass and plastic beads. A similar strand of beads decorates its left leg. White glass beads denounce its eyes.
Ex Private Collection, London
Estimated Period: Mid 20th Century (possibly before)
Height: 30 cm
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