A voodoo statuette, bocio carved of a figure in a stake to which are tied on the back a skull and a horn filled with medicines and other elements of the "load". Nago, Benin Wood, cords, bone, claws, horn, clay, and other constituent elements, beautiful sacrificial patina of use. H. 21.5 cm Provenance : Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection. Exhibition and publication : Voodoo Exhibition, Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, 2011, reproduced p. 145 and 186.