Lot Essay
Perrois (1985, p. 46) places such reliquaries in his category IV, which he localizes in the region of Franceville.
Property from the Estate of ARLETTE SELIGMANN
A FINE KOTA RELIQUARY GUARDIAN FIGURE, mbulu ngulu
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A FINE KOTA RELIQUARY GUARDIAN FIGURE, mbulu ngulu
With pierced triangular body, a concave oval face, the quadrants with parallel horizontal copper strips, disk eyes, pyramidal nose, open mouth, flaring crescent above, and cuving side panels with projections below, decorated with applied brass sheets attached with staples to wood core, two disks on both sides of top crest, lozenge relief form on back, unpolished.
24 1/2in. (62.2cm.) high
With pierced triangular body, a concave oval face, the quadrants with parallel horizontal copper strips, disk eyes, pyramidal nose, open mouth, flaring crescent above, and cuving side panels with projections below, decorated with applied brass sheets attached with staples to wood core, two disks on both sides of top crest, lozenge relief form on back, unpolished.
24 1/2in. (62.2cm.) high