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Lot 306 - Auction 100

Lot 306

Africa
A WOOD, BRASS AND COPPER RELIQUARY, MBULU NGULU

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A WOOD, BRASS AND COPPER RELIQUARY,  MBULU NGULU


Gabon, Kota


53 cm high

Provenance: Italian private collection.

This kind of sculpture, with accentuated stylized anthropomorphic characters, was usually placed on the top of a container with a lid in which the bones of a high-ranking deceased were kept.
The name Kota identifies different ethnic groups located in Gabon, united by some artistic concepts, including those exemplified by this figure of a reliquary.

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