Mahongwe
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Reliquary guardian figure of the mahongwe materials: wood, copper, brass, patina country of origin: gabon dimensions: height 59 cm ( inches) with a wooden base mid-xxth centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshipped with track & tracefrom a belgian collectionsold with a commercial invoicecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwooden display includedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
180 €
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There seems to be 5 groups: the mahongwe style, the shamaye style, the southern kota style (obamba, ndumu, wumbu), the ndassa style and the sangu styleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storespecialists such as alain and françoise chaffin, ingeborg bolz, louis perrois and gérard delorme wanted to highlight stylistic groups among these kota subgroupsa tall guardian figure from the classic mbulu ngulu reliquary, stylized diamond-shaped base, topped by a ‘concave/convex’ face, plated with copper and brass leaves, the eyes are drawn by round platescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia beautiful piece, please do take the time to contemplate it and do not miss itthe back is uniform with visible wear marksthis kota from gabon is made of wood and metalit used to be meant to adorn a tomb - - booué region, ogooué-ivindo province - gabonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteif kota reliquary figurines present many characteristics in common (a stylised face with copper plating, a diamond-shaped handle); they however have very different morphologies
85 €