Ref. 640

RELIGIOUS FIGURE OR GUARDIAN OF RELIQUARY.
GABON OR CONGO. S. XIX-XX.

Height: 34.5 cm

Wooden sculpture of a woman, as guardian of a reliquary or as a figure of reliquary itself, representing the deceased person.
The image is depicted as an aristocratic woman with four-ridged hairstyles, the entire white-pigmented body and keloid tattoos of red scarification on the neck, thorax, stomach and legs.
It is preserved with its original patina and it lacks a hand.

From private collection in New York (USA).

Price: 500 €