NOTE: All of these Reliquary Guardian Figures have been
sold.
To see a page of these that are available go to BAKOTA
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19" high SOLD |
22.25" high SOLD |
22" high SOLD |
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
BAKOTA STYLE , RELIQUARY FIGURE, Gabon
Figures like these were mounted on containers holding relics of important clan ancestors, serving as guardians. Two-dimensional and sheathed in metal (brass or copper), the figures include projecting shapes around the face that refer to elaborate coiffures, and a diamond shape below the neck that is an abstracted body form.
Old Bakota reliquary figures are very rare. Despite their appearance, most of our figures show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.
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