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MBULU NGULU
Details
A FINE KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE
Mbulu ngulu
The concave oval face with central brass cross with triangular nose and crescent eyes, the four quadrants with horizontal and diagonal strips of copper and iron, large crescent crest and broad rounded side panels covered with brass and with incised borders, the latter suspending cylindrical copper-bound pendant to each side, lenticular motif in relief on the back, pierced lozenge body, on Inagaki base
20in. (51cm.) high
Mbulu ngulu
The concave oval face with central brass cross with triangular nose and crescent eyes, the four quadrants with horizontal and diagonal strips of copper and iron, large crescent crest and broad rounded side panels covered with brass and with incised borders, the latter suspending cylindrical copper-bound pendant to each side, lenticular motif in relief on the back, pierced lozenge body, on Inagaki base
20in. (51cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Exhibited
African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1937