1093 African Tribal Collection - OLD SONGYE POWER FIGURE, DRC CONGO Was £3500

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1093 African Tribal Collection - OLD SONGYE POWER FIGURE, DRC CONGO Was £3500:
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1093 African Tribal Collection - OLD SONGYE POWER FIGURE, DRC CONGO Was £3500 Description

It has been over a year since Fine Tribal Gallery (Michaela3254)

set off to dig 2 wells and build 2 infants schools in Cote D\'Ivoire and Ghana in West Africa.It is good to be back home and we have lots of amazing tribally used antique African treasures to list on behalf of the Chiefs we work with.

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Please also note, all our masks and figures have been \'treated\' by African customs fumigation teams and we have permission from relevant Museums to export all our tribal pieces.

REDUCED PRICE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MOSQUITO NETS AND MALARIA TREATMENTS FOR THE ORPHANAGES AND VILLAGES WE SUPPORT IN LIBERIA

WE COLLECTED THIS PIECE FROM A VERY REMOTE VILLAGE OURSELVES IN 2009.

Other pictures of pieces shown in this listing were found by us, and are shown for interest

purposes only. The item for sale is MA1093 only.

To see more pictures from the villages we visit in the Congo and the aid we help provide, please google fine tribal gallery

PLEASE NOTE - WE ARE HEADING BACK OUT TO WEST AFRICA AROUND THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER TO CHECK ON SOME OF OUR AID PROJECTS AND MEET WITH SEVERAL CHIEFS WE WORK WITH. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST sale FOR A MONTH OR SO - HAPPY offerDING!!

WELCOMETOTHE quality Tribal Art at sensible prices

OLD SONGYE POWER FETISH

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

ItemNumber:MA1093

Country of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ethnic group:Songye

Approximate age:Early 20th Century

Tribally used:Yes

Materials:Wood, animal horns, rope, magic potions

Measurements (inches):Height40Width 11 Depth 8

Measurements (cm): Height100Width33 D 20

Condition: Undamaged. Age/drying cracks.

Excellent smoothand encrusted patina. Figure is kneeling and holds a divination pot. This is a very powerful figure which is feared by most villagers and never touched with the hands after the Nganga gives it power. It was collected by us from a village along the Congo river in the North of DRC. We are close to Chief there and an Nganga or spiritual Chief who attested to the Power and age. We have also had this indepentally tested by a renowned Gallery.

CUSTOMERS FROM THE USA AND EUROPE ARE WELCOME AND WE REGULARLY SHIP ITEMS TO CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE FROM THE UKPLEASE BE AWARE THAT MOST OF OUR PIECES HAVE BEEN TRIBALLY USED AND MAY SHOW AGE CRACKS AND OTHER MINOR IMPERFECTIONS. ALSO, SOME ITEMS MAY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN THE PAST AND WE ENDEAVOUR TO POINT OUT ANY KNOWN REPAIRS OR DAMAGE IN OUR LISTINGSTO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OUR PIECES ARE AUTHENTIC AND ARE AS DESCRIBED. ANY AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION AND/OR PROVENANCE WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE PIECE

The Songye created a sculptural style of intense dynamism and vitality. The works of Songye craftsmen are often used within the secret societies during various ceremonies. They produced a large number of figures belonging to the fetishist, who manipulates them during the rituals of the full moon. Songye fetish figures are usually male. The top of the head and the abdomen are usually hollowed to allow insertion of fetish material, called boanga.These figures adopt a hieratic posture, the hands placed on a pointed abdomen; on top of the head they have a horn or feathers and a wide variety of animal, vegetal, mineral and human substances that activate and bring into play benevolent ancestral spirits. The face is often covered with nails, a reminder of smallpox.... The figures are used to ensure their success, fertility, and wealth and to protect people against hostile forces as lightning, as well as against diseases such as smallpox, very common in that region. Smaller figures were kept and consulted by individuals; larger ones were responsible for ensuring the welfare of an entire community.zyama.com

These figures were often considered too powerful to be touched, so would be carried using sticks.
Payment

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bank transfers, and postal orders.

Payments can alsobe sent directly to our charitable fund in Cote D\'Ivoire
via ourAid Manager\'Osman Moro\', or through our charity partner \'Volunteer to Change - Ghana\'

Please contact us to discuss any options
+44 (0) 7833 717017
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Shipping

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We do not charge for packing, and always try toestimate the minimum postage, but we send pieces \'recorded delivery\' which usually means a signature is required by the buyerWe reserve the right to relist items not paid for within 7 days.

Tribal Pieces are packed carefully by us, andnormally shipped by

\'24 or 48 hour \'tracked\' delivery\' service in the UK, by our courier.

Normally we use, \'World Parcel Service tracked\' (UPS) for Internationaldeliveries

We welcome requests from customers as to your specific

postal / customs requirements

Packages are normally insured during transit

and will need to be signed for

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Terms of Sale

MASKSSTANDS ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY (NOTINCLUDEDINSALEUNLESSSTATED)

WE ONLY BUY TRIBALARTPIECESFROM VILLAGES- LOCAL REPAIRS
We will endeavour to point out or photograph any \'significant\' damage in our listings

About Us side of \'Fine Tribal Gallery\')Excellent quality Tribally used Art at sensible INWESTAFRICA WEWORK WITH)We are a predominentlyEnglish team of tribal hunters basedin the UK, with strong links to Ghana and much of West Africa. We have all,overthe last fewdecades,been pasionate collectors of African antiquities, particularly tribally used ceremonial masks and figures. Steve & Michaela previously lived in West Africa for over 15 years, and have an extensive personal collection from theirtravels around Africa then.African Tribal Art has been plundered over the years and \'copies / fakes\' are everywhere!!! - but there are still a lot of nice pieces about if you have the time tohunt through villages!
Many pieces, even in some villages have been made to be sold one day, but with experience you can weed out the obvious pieces and find the genuine tribally used pieces..We have found that ahuge amount of \'established\' sellers and big tribal galleries have never even been to Africa! They rely on so called \'antiques\' dealers in Africasending them pieces, or most buy pieces from smaller local sales in Europe, flea marketsandthe like, and just reference such pieces to old magazines and books for prices& styles and assume they are \'genuine\'. Wehave pieces appraised by, and regularly go to many of the big sales in Paris, at Sotheby\'s, Christie\'s, Bonham\'setc, and visit friends at the well establishedTribalArt galleries there. We have spent many years studying TribalArt styles and visiting exhibitions and museums in Europe.The \'style\' and \'movement\' of pieces is important to us, as is supplying quality art at \'sensible\' prices. We sell to established collectors, and even other sellers in Europe and the USA to help fund our aid projects in West Africa.\'Provenance\' is all fine and well, and although we do have established collectors offering us pieces to sell for our projects, there are stillmany gems to be found hidden away in Africa. The same piece we and others may offer for £5000 may be £25000 or £50000 in Paris or New York, because \'X\' documented it in the 1940\'s!!TribalArt is a growingarea& big sale house prices are soaring, as you may have seen recently.\'Fine Tribal Gallery\' is not a \'registered\' charity. We are passionate about Africa andtribal Art andweare doingwhat we canto support various villages inGhana,Cote D\'Ivoire, Mali, Liberiaandelsewhere in West Africa. We are currently working with several \'registered\' aid agencies in country, including \'SOS Childrens Villages, \'WaterAid\' and with severalNGO\'s such as\'Volunteer to Change\'as well as many local Chiefs. We generate the fundsthey need for specific projects, from the sale of Tribal Art.We arein Africa several times a year working on our aid projects, and of course hunting for new treasuresfrom \'untapped\'sources. Sometimes we go deep in thebush to remote villages - our passion is for rare tribally used artifacts with excellent \'style\'and \'patina\', not merely antiques.Our sources forthetribal pieces wehave for sale, stretch out across Africafrom Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D\'Ivoire, Mali,etcdown as far as the Congo...We have awarehouse and shipping outlet situated in Ghana, where we initially store allthe \'finds\' from our hunting trips around West Africa. We then check and fumigate all the pieces ourselvesthere, and when they arrive in the UK -before we send to ourworld-widecustomers.Africa is rife with \'copies\' and so we do not rely heavily on external sources to supply ourpieces (as many sellersdo!)as wewould then not be able toreliably assure our buyers of the \'provenance\' and \'authenticity\' of our items. We choose all the pieces ourselves, anddo our best to verify the \'age\' and \'use\' of pieces we find, and we regularly testpieces to verify authenticity.We have local experts in West Africa who help us to assess pieces we find, regarding age and authenticity, utilising their knowledge of the woodusedand the carving styles of the relevant tribes. Weregularly send many tribal piecesfor\'spectroscopy\' age dating tests, at the Museum of Arts and Science in Milan. This can not only date the wood accurately, but can also ascertain if the piece was recently carved from an old piece of wood!
We don\'t just believe everything we are told by villagers and chiefs...This is how we oftentest pieces- \'Spectroscopy\' via the Museum of Art & Science (Italy & Germany) - It confirms type of wood, and age of carvingPlease note that we do not always take pictures in a professional studio Environment - weoften take pictures in or just outside the villages in Africa, often with the owner or a village dancer. Normally, it is even exactly where we find the items... (Quite often this is behind a hut, in a tree, or in a clearing in the village,sometimes wejust useawhite or black sheet hung from a tree). We do not polish or \'clean\' the items, so our customers receive them as they were found by us. This, we believe,is part of the authentic African experience we try to offer.
Thanks for looking. Steve, Michaela, Sharon & Petro.We always welcome questions, please email us via

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