This type of stake sculpture for bewitchment or control has a metal base to avoid contact with the ground and to plant them in the earth during their ritual use. This one seems to have been stripped of its attributes to leave only its sculpture visible. Fon, Benin Wood, iron, patina of use. H. 27 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection Exhibition and Publication : Pierre Bergé et Associés sale of June 13, 2010, Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection, lot 253 page 282.