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GABON
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A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE
Gabon
The oval face and rounded side panels with applied brass sheets, the crests forming a heart-shape and with cross-hatched border, the face with conical brass eyes and incised oval mouth below convex forehead, pierced lozenge body, the reverse with central oval in high relief.
14¾ in. (45 cm.) high
Gabon
The oval face and rounded side panels with applied brass sheets, the crests forming a heart-shape and with cross-hatched border, the face with conical brass eyes and incised oval mouth below convex forehead, pierced lozenge body, the reverse with central oval in high relief.
14¾ in. (45 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1955