Reliquiary figure "mboy" ·  Gabon, Kota-Obamba · ID: 3039593

Description

wood, metal sheet, metal tags, covered with brass sheet, oval head with the facial features arranged within the lower half of the face, flanked by lateral semi-circles with chased geometrical ornaments, crowned by sickle-shaped coiffure, diamond-shaped neck, originally inserted into the lid of the skull-basket, min. dam., base;
a work of the carver Okouelle, a member of the Otala clan.

Littérature comparée

Chaffin, Francois & Alain, L'Art Kota, Meudon o. J., p. 250 f. Perrois, Louis, Gabon, Gabon 1969, p. 77 (same carver)

Exposition

BRUNEAF, Nocturnes d' hiver VII, Brussels, 25-28 November 2009