Reliquary: Standing Female Figure
Mbete sculptors developed a figurative reliquary form that fully integrated ancestral sacra within the sculpture. In this tradition, a hollowed columnar torso served as an internal receptacle.
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Informations complémentaires :
- Pays & Régions : Gabon
- Type d'objet : Statuaire
- Thème :
- Aire Culturelle : Gabon, Congo
- Lieu :
- Provenance : Kota peoples, Mbete group; Republic of Congo, 19th century Private collection (formerly Collection of André Fourquet, Paris) Ex colls.: Aristide Courtois, French colonial administrator in Middle Congo 1910–1941; Charles Ratton, Paris; Louis Marcoussis, Paris; Jean Roudillon and Olivier Le Corneur (Galerie Le Corneur-Roudillon), Paris; André Fourquet, Paris
- Bibliographie, Expositions : The Metropolitan Museum of Art New-York - Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African ReliquaryOctober 2, 2007–March 2, 2008 Special Exhibition Galleries, 1st floor
- Caractéristiques : Wood, pigments, buttons, fiber, beads; H. 27 9/16 in. (70 cm)
Ambété, Bois, Congo, fibres, Gabon, Kota, Mbété, pigments, Statuaire
