An old and very beautiful voodoo stake statuette with wooden plates tied together and attached to a reptile skin, girdling the figure. Fon, Benin Wood, cord, wood plates, reptile skin, wear and crack of age, very nice patina of use. H. 16 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection. Exhibition and publication : Voodoo Exhibition, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2011, reproduced pp. 161-162, pp. 186 and 225, fig. 11.