Kota Funerary Reliquary Silver Jewellery Inner diameter 17

Inner diameter 17

Measurements: Height 28 cm

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Measurements: length including hook approximately 12 cm (4

Kota Funerary Reliquary Silver Jewellery Inner diameter 17Mbulu ngulu figure. Kota people, Gabon, West Africa. Mid to late 20th century. Carved from hardwood, with extremely pronounced features and heavily decorated copper and brass overlay. A two dimensional, heavily stylised human figure with the typical diamond lower silhouette and elaborately coiffed hair. This figure, with its concave face, is female. The metals used in these statues are believed to hold magical powers copper in particular grants long