Anthropomorphic container (Avongara-Zande) - Artist: Songo - EO.1959.48.53
1910s. Wood and bark. RD Congo. Registered in 1959. Acquired from Father A. Leysbeth.
Songo signed most of his works with ‘SONGO ASSALI’, literally: ‘Songo made this’. This type of object was mainly for storing personal possessions such as jewellery.
