10109. Kota Abstract Reliquary Bwete

Gabon

A classic guardian post for the bones of an ancestral basket; arved wood covered with copper sheets and tacks, typical form, abstracted facial features, sickle-shaped coiffure, long neck merging to a rhomb-shaped handle.

22 inches L. (59.5 cm) + custom mount

Compare to Perrois, Louis, Arts du Gabon, Paris 1979, ill. 186.

Provenance: Prof Rolf Rief Vermont

$8,000

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