Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased") · Gabon, Kota · ID: 3044923
sold
EUR 2,400
Provenance
Everett Burton Helm, Minneapolis, USA / Berlin, GermanySize
H: 52 cm
H: 20.5 inch
Description
wood, brass/ copper sheet, nails, metal cuff with debossed letters “S.H.O”
The object Reliquary figure “mbulu-ngulu” (“spirit of a deceased”) with the object ID 3044923 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 233 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400.
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