"Reliquary Kota, Shaké Or Shamayé Gabon, Ancient"
Superb and rare ancestor reliquary figure with lamellate concave face. height 37cm On a wood core burnished by use Yellow and red copper and brass Stylized mask in relief on the back. Rhombus of the foot with mark of seniority and wear which was used to receive the reliquary basket presumed seniority over fifty years See similar tyoe in Arts of Gabon by Louis Perrois Kota representations are stylized images and unexpectedly recomposed, issur of the dreamlike imagination of initiates and other inspired fetishists, intended to symbolically evoke these notable ancestors. Beautiful collector's item free shipping worldwide 
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