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Songye Male Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congonkisi Dark brown wood with encrustations, nail, Bay Duiker horn (Cephalopus dorsalis), fiber Height 7 1/2in (19cm) Provenance Joseph Herman Collection, London/Suffolk Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass Collection, New York Martin Lerner Collection, New York, acquired from the above in May 1995 Published Wardwell, Alan, Three African Traditions – The Art of the Dogon, Fang and Songye, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 1999, p. 36, cat. no. 58 Exhibited The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Three African Traditions – The Art of the Dogon, Fang and Songye, 31 January – 18 April 1999; Additional venue: The Museum for African Art, New York, 30 April – 15 August 1999