Zemanek-Münster

Reliquiary figure "mbulu" or "mwete"

Gabon, Kota
not available anymore
Provenance
Christie’s, Paris, 7 June 2005, lot 222
Size
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch

Description

wood, metal sheet, covered with brass sheet, lateral projections with driven ornamentation, sickle-shaped coiffure, worked on a long neck with rhombic grip, originally plaited into the lid of the skull-basket, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion


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