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Bakota Reliquary Keeper figure - Gabon - African Art

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Bakota Reliquary Keeper figure - Gabon - African Art

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Title: Bakota Reliquary Keeper figure - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art

Description: The Kota of the Sebe Valley, located in Gabon but also in Congo, produced this type of sculpture that played the role of "medium" between the living and the dead and continued to watch over their descendants. They are sometimes bifaces, mbulu-viti , symbolizing the masculine and feminine aspect.
This type of coin was used in the preservation of mortuary remains of high-lineage ancestors in baskets topped with very specific sculptures, which played the role of guardians of the relics named ngulu. In the exclusive presence of insiders, the clan's major decisions were made during ceremonies during which the reliquaries were taken out and used. In order to reactivate the magic charge, the initiates rubbed the relic with sand. In the Kota, these figures have reached a degree of stylization and amazing abstraction: reduced to the shoulders and to the "Bras" topped by a large face, the latter can be concave (female) or convex (male).

Item category: Reliquary, figure, keeper, statue

Date: Mid 20th century

Origin: Gabon

Material: Wood, brass, metal

Dimensions: 21,65 Inch

Weight: 3,75 Pounds

Condition: Good

Note: Stand not included.

Reserve: $584.10

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