An anthropomorphic Bavong Tchitchiri family altar statuette with a tie around the neck. The particularity of this Moba sculpture, representing a parent or grandparent of the head of the family, is that it leaves the viewer unable to discern its front from its back. See page 74 in Pierre Amrouche's Mémoire Moba for another Koussade statuette in a similar style, collected in the village of Zalle in Ghana. Moba, Togo, (or Ghana, or Benin) Wood, fiber cord, visible wear and tear, old cracks, very fine old oxidation, fine old sacrificial and used patina. Height: 50cm Provenance: Frédéric Naudes, Paris Frédéric Naudes, Paris Hélène Leloup Collection, Paris Passed on by descent