Songye figure


Songye figure, DRC • Wood, horn and copper • H. 100 cm • Private collection
Songye figure, DRC • Wood, horn and copper • H. 100 cm • Private collection

Video CT scan : 3D transparent VRT view


 

This very impressive Songye figure has its head covered with copper foil attached to the wood core by dozens of large copper nails. Despite this, the scan shows what is under the metal skin, in particular the magic charge made of various ingredients in the hole plugged by the base of the apical horn. 

 

Moreover, the scan shows a long horizontal nail which goes through the head and the base of the horn, holding it firmly in place (see, below, the video of the 3D translucent VRT view with a frontal clipping plane). 

 


Video CT scan : 3D translucent VRT view


Video CT scan : 3D maximum intensity projections


Video CT scan : 3D translucent VRT view with a frontal clipping plane


Video CT scan : 2D MPR corono-sagittal slices