A fine set of two buti "fetishes", each in a very fine classical style, one of which retains its important truncated cone-shaped ritual charge, while the other, having lost its charge, sports a very fine mupani crested headdress. Téké, Democratic Republic of Congo Wood, iron, sacrificial materials, visible chips and cracks, very fine old erosion and patinas of use. H.: 28.5 and 29.5cm Provenance: Jacques Viault Collection, acquired in Brazaville