Seated female figure · Gabon, Punu / Tsangui · ID: 3052094
Starting price
EUR 800
Estimated price
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWerner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1988)
Size
H: 58,5 cm
H: 23.0 inch
Description
wood, pigment remains, collection label “509”, base
Punu sculpture is rare and little precise information is known about their ritual context. The Punu “mukuyi” society uses both “okuyi” masks and carved figures. These were most often used for divination rituals, as reliquary guardians and protective objects.
Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank & Leonardo Lasansky, Icons of perfection, Saint Paul 2006, p. 33, ill. 16