FANG - GABON - Lot 154

Lot 154
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300 - 500 EUR
FANG - GABON - Lot 154
FANG - GABON Statue of an ancestor, guardian of a reliquary in the Mvaï style in a seated position in carved and patinated wood, the headdress with three crests Height : 45 cm Height : 45 cm Note: Mvaï statuary is characterized by a massive head dominating by its size and proportions the rest of the body, with stylized anatomical details (coffee bean eyes, with heavy half-closed eyelids, a thin nose, a wide mouth with large stretched lips) and surmounted by a plaited headdress, with three triangular padded crests falling on the nape of the neck like a catogan, a body with massive volumes with a flared belly, "barrel-shaped", often decorated with a whole series of scarifications, and finally, thighs and calves with accentuated reliefs, in a sitting position.
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