Small male figure · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3037564
Vendu
2 000 €
Provenance
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great BritainChristie’s Paris, 20 Juin 2006, lot 178
Description
light brown wood, dark remains of pigments, of simplified form (especially the hands), min. dam., cracks (back), base;
the rare statuettes of the Tsogho were used for rites of the “bwiti” society (initiation society) and for the ancestral cult “mombe” (aside of reliquary busts, called “mumba bwiti”).