Makonde Ceramic Fetish Doll, Based

Wide-eyed, wide-mouthed, and wrapped like a parcel that talks back.

Makonde makers of Tanzania, East Africa, produced this fetish doll in terra cotta and cloth in the late 19th or early 20th century. Figures of this kind are commonly associated with protective or healing power. A bright-eyed face with an open mouth and wide ears sits above a torso bound in cloth, with small metal studs at the shoulders and chest. The legs and feet are modeled in dark clay with a rough, matte surface. A black metal base holds it upright.

About 8 inches tall. It will watch the room whether or not you ask.