SANGO STYLE RELIQUARY GUARDIANS

Old Sango guardians are very rare. Despite their appearance, these Sango figures show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold. They might not have been made by the Sango people in Gabon.

SANGO STYLE GUARDIAN 9 17.5" high $400

SANGO STYLE  GUARDIAN 10 20.5" high $600

SANGO STYLE GUARDIAN 15 20" high $400

SANGO STYLE JANUS GUARDIAN 11 17.25" high SOLD

SANGO STYLE JANUS GUARDIAN 8 21" high SOLD

SANGO STYLE GONG 3 10.76" high SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

SANGO STYLE RELIQUARY FIGURES, Gabon

Figures like these, smaller and less familiar than Bakota and Mahongwe religuary guardians, were usually placed in basketry containers holding relics of important clan ancestors. Sheathed in metal (brass or copper), the figures are abstracted into a diamond shape below the neck. Sango 3 is mounted on an iron gong.

Old Sango guardians are very rare. Despite their appearance, these Sango figures show little evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.

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