Large African ancestral figurine, (coming from the collection of HRH Prince Henrik)

Automatic translation from Danish.

Large African ancestor figure of carved, patinated wood. Songye style, Democratic Republic of Congo. H. 97 cm.
This figure comes from Prince Henrik's collection, marked in white from here: Crown, H DK, acquired at Bruun Rasmussen's auction of this one. Accompanied unused copy of HRH The Prince Consort's book 'To Gods, Spirits and Ancestors'.