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126 - Kota reliquary figure, Gabon, wood, copper, H. 31 cm x W. 14 cm (on a pedestal). These sculptures, which were placed atop wicker baskets containing relics, were intended to watch over the ancestors’ bones. During major ceremonies (bwett, mbulu-ngulu, or mboy) in which only initiates participated, the guardians and the reliquaries were brought out into the open so that the ancestors could participate, even after their death, in the important decisions that clan members were called upon to make.
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€800 - 1,000Sale fees
Kota reliquary figure, Gabon, wood, copper, H. 31 cm x W. 14 cm (on a pedestal). These sculptures, which were placed atop wicker baskets containing relics, were intended to watch over the ancestors’ bones. During major ceremonies (bwett, mbulu-ngulu, or mboy) in which only initiates participated, the guardians and the reliquaries were brought out into the open so that the ancestors could participate, even after their death, in the important decisions that clan members were called upon to make.
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