Bakota Wood And Metal Strips Guardian Figure Gabon

$500 · Offered by Second Story Books

Gabon. Hand-carved wooden figure from the Bakota society of Gabon. The figure is constructed with a metal sheet wrapped over a carved wooden form, with geometric incised decoration and applied metal elements defining the face, coiffure, and side panels. The stylized ancestral form is typical of Bakota reliquary figures, traditionally associated with the guardianship of ancestral remains. Mounted on a wooden display stand. Dimensions approximately 29.5 x 13 x 3 In

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