Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 572
A Kota Mahongwe reliquary figure
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1900
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Description
A Kota Mahongwe reliquary figure
Gabon
with applied sheet and flattened brass wire and with bone disc eyes, the back with embossed zig-zag and curved linear decoration flanking a line of brass beads,
38cm high, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Jean Yves Brethes, acquired in Gabon in the 1950s.
Private Collection, Paris.
Private Collection, UK.