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Kota reliquary figure, Gabon - Lot 21

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Kota reliquary figure, Gabon - Lot 21
Kota reliquary figure, Gabon Wood and copper H. 66 cm Provenance : - General Germain Mennerat, acquired between 1925 and 1927 - Sotheby's Paris, December 4, 2008, no. 143 - Collection Mme F. Beautiful, classic reliquary guardian with a wooden core covered with brass leaves worked in repoussé. The lateral wings open out widely, the upside-down crescent-shaped headdress is finely decorated, and the delicate, smiling face is criss-crossed with vertical and horizontal striations. The effigy once topped a basket containing the relics of the clan's important ancestors.
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