Head sculpture · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3053434
Starting price
EUR 4,000
Estimated price
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, FranceZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 8 September 2012, lot 368
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
old collection number on the back, handwritten, black on white: “AJP 1157”.
Possibly coming from a reliquary ensemble. Like most ethnic groups in Gabon, the Tsogho venerate their ancestors by focusing on their remains, which are kept in a basket and surmounted by a half figure or a head as guardian of the reliquaries, a practice which is also common with the neighbouring Sango to the east.
Comparing literature
Lagamma, Alisa (ed.), Eternal Ancestors, New York 2007, ill. 99 f.