Hatchet or Axe

Sapo-Sapo, Songye people, African

Late 19th or early 20th century

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Standing female figure with flexed knees, arms bent, resting on abdomen, wearing small cap, earrings, and with diamond-shaped mark on forehead. Nails and blades protruding from breasts and front of torso, and holes remaining where some nails removed; umbilical area has small animal skull covered over with organic material. Large nail protruding from back of figure, which is split along the spine, from neck to buttocks.
Wide, dark brown vessel with narrow mouth has short, flared lip and narrow base. Incised decorative patterns filled with white pigment include parallel bands around body of vessel, and opposing half circles on shoulder.
Heddle pulley with hornbill head.
Spherical reddish-brown vessel has narrow mouth raised on three-chambered opening covered in raised bumps.