Seated female figure · Gabon, Punu / Tsangui · ID: 3052094
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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.
The object Seated female figure with the object ID 3052094 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 211.
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Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank & Leonardo Lasansky, Icons of perfection, Saint Paul 2006, p. 33, ill. 16