Head sculpture · Gabon, Sango · ID: 3033441
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Provenance
Private French CollectionSize
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, red pigment, a columnar neck, supporting a concave vaulted heart-shaped facial plane, traces of kaolin (mouth and ears), slightly dam., paint rubbed off, on plate;
coming from a reliquary ensemble.
Comparing literature
Perrois, Louis, Arts du Gabon, Paris 1979, ill. 246