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Kota reliquary, shaké Ou Shamayé, Gabon; an ancient Kota ancestor figure with a concave lamellated face, carved in wood and measuring 36 cm high by 17 cm wide, with coppery yellow and brass accents and a back relief mask, from a private collection acquired in 1960.
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Kota reliquary, Shaké Ou Shamayé, Gabon, Ancient
A superb and rare ancestral reliquary figure with a lamellated concave face.
height 36 cm 17 cm
Upon a wooden soul bronzed by use, yellow and red copper and brass.
Embossed, stylized mask on the back.
Diamond-shaped foot with signs of age and wear that was used to receive the reliquary basket.
presumed seniority of more than fifty years
See a similar type in Arts du Gabon by Louis Perrois
The Kota representations are stylized images, recomposed in unexpected ways, arising from the dreamlike imagination of the initiates and other inspired fetishists, intended to evoke these ancestors in a symbolic manner.
Kota reliquary, Shaké Ou Shamayé, Gabon, Ancient
A superb and rare ancestral reliquary figure with a lamellated concave face.
height 36 cm 17 cm
Upon a wooden soul bronzed by use, yellow and red copper and brass.
Embossed, stylized mask on the back.
Diamond-shaped foot with signs of age and wear that was used to receive the reliquary basket.
presumed seniority of more than fifty years
See a similar type in Arts du Gabon by Louis Perrois
The Kota representations are stylized images, recomposed in unexpected ways, arising from the dreamlike imagination of the initiates and other inspired fetishists, intended to evoke these ancestors in a symbolic manner.
Details
Era
After 2000
Culture
Ancient Asian
No. of items
1
Century/ Timeframe
1900-200
Material
Wood
Acquired from
Private collection
Country of Origin
Gabon
Year acquired
1960
Condition
As new - unused
Country acquired from
Africa
Height
36 cm
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Width
17 cm
Previous owner - year acquired
1930
Previous owner - country acquired from
Africa
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