Very beautiful feminine voodoo statuette, her gaze marked by two upholstery nails, she wears crossed belts of pearls and cowries worn across the bust like some voodoo officiants, she also wears two bells attached to the forehead and a hairstyle in an engraved grid. A fragment of the jaw of a small animal is attached to the front of the bust. Fon, Benin Wood, cords, beads, cowrie shells, bells, upholsterer's nails, very nice patina. H. 32 cm Provenance : Collection Anne and Jacques Kerchache Exhibition and Publication : VAUDOU exhibition at La Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris 2011, not reproduced in the catalog (visible on the Fondation Cartier website).