#2948 Rare Old African BAKOTA OSSEYBA Or Reliquary Figure Brass Gabon On Stand 25" H

RARE OSSEYBA OR RELIQUARY FIGURE BRASS KOTA  GABON CENTRAL AFRICASuperb African Kota/Bokota Bronze brass/wood sculpture Gabon ...This beautiful Bakota African Reliquary Mask is crafted of Hammered Copper This Mask is a Reliquary Guardian Two-dimensional and sheathed in bronze &Brass, figures include projecting shapes around the face that refer to elaborate coiffures, that is an abstracted body form. At the initiation each clan’s chief would dance holding the reliquary.