Standing female ancestor figure "gheonga" ·  Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3039722

Description

wood, light brown slightly yellowish patina (originally whitened), pokerwork, glazed eyes (right one missing), crypto fetish, incised scarifications, lozenge-shaped emblem on the breast, slightly dam., fine cracks (right wrist, back, base);
the rare statuettes of the Tsogho were used for rites of the “bwiti” society and for the ancestral cult “mombe”. The statuettes were kept in the mens house, together with all the other objects which were needed for the “bwiti” rites.

The object Standing female ancestor figure “gheonga” with the object ID 3039722 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 414.

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