Today's purchase, a Kota Mbulu Ngulu Figure, Gabon. Copper, wood and iron. Early 20th century.

These figures are unique in African art for combining wood and hammered metal.

Served as guardians for reliquary baskets or bark boxes holding ancestral remains.

The lozenge-shaped base was attached to the container. Made of wood covered in copper and brass. Stylized form represents an idealized ancestor, not a portrait.

Creation of these figures largely ceased around 1930 due to the spread of Christianity.

They are considered rare.

https://www.randafricanart.com/Kota_mbulu_ngulu_Billigs.html

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Touche pas ma forêt – Pierre Akendengué

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