Large Kota Reliquary, Obamba From Ancient Gabon

Superb and rare by its dimensions of a Kota OBAMBA reliquary dimensions 121 cm high and 39cm wide sold with its base This type of reliquary was made to represent the soul of the deceased it was placed in a basket where the bones of the deceased parent his mission was to protect the family it was made from a wooden support covered with brass and copper sheets, held by large staples The eyes are made of bone we can see the many staples placed in the back in order to maintain and consolidate the wood which cracks while drying (often proof of the interest that the descendants could have in keeping this protective object as long as possible) This object can take place as well in an apartment (or house ) contemporary (seen the modernist stylistic audacity of the sculpture) that in an old apartment it does not leave indifferent free protected shipping for the European Union 120 euros for the International