Head sculpture ·  Gabon, Sango · ID: 3033441

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.

The object Head sculpture with the object ID 3033441 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 367.

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Comparing literature

Perrois, Louis, Arts du Gabon, Paris 1979, ill. 246