LOT N°30 KOTA GABON FIGURINE CIRCA 1900 1950
Starting price : 600 €
Wooden figurine, Copper, Brass
48×13×21cm
Weight: 1160 g.
Original figurine used for ritual ceremonies. Beautiful piece of African art.
With identification letter
Their function as Kota figurines is complex, they are both reliquary sculptures which have preserved relics of the deceased, most often a few pieces of skull and phalanxes in baskets or rolled bark surmounted by the Mbulu Ngulu, this geometric wooden figure , whose diamond-shaped lower part made it easier to fix it in the basket.
1200/1400€