A group of seven West African fetish figures, comprising two encrusted and bound figures with white pigment spots, 35 cm & 40cm; a cowrie encrusted fetish on an ebonised stand, 37cm, a carved face fetish, covered in thick encrustations and bound with string, chicken feathers and a leather base, approx 19cm; a bound fetish with two mirrors and a cowrie band encompassing a bottle at the rear, 25.5cm; a carved wood fetish with a turtle and a snake with metal hooks and pendants, 11cm; and a animal skull fetish, thickly encrusted with an embedded wood figure, shells and a metal panel, all resting on a animal horn, 22cm, all measurements include bases
The Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection
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A group of seven West African fetish figures, comprising two encrusted and bound figures with white pigment spots, 35 cm & 40cm; a cowrie encrusted fetish on an ebonised stand, 37cm, a carved face fetish, covered in thick encrustations and bound with string, chicken feathers and a leather base, approx 19cm; a bound fetish with two mirrors and a cowrie band encompassing a bottle at the rear, 25.5cm; a carved wood fetish with a turtle and a snake with metal hooks and pendants, 11cm; and a animal skull fetish, thickly encrusted with an embedded wood figure, shells and a metal panel, all resting on a animal horn, 22cm, all measurements include bases
ProvenanceThe Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection