Unidentified

Bwiti Association Sacred Pillar (movenga)

n.d.

Category
Culture
Tsogo or Fang
Place Made
Gabon
Materials
Wood, glass, brass, pigment
Measurements
53 1/8 x 4 x 4 in (134.9375 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Victor K. Kiam
Accession #
77.170
Description

Tall staff with four vertical boat-like forms, surmounted by pentagonal cube, surmounted by female figure with legs apart, knees slightly bent; short arms bent; fists formed (hands clutched); pointed breasts; thick neck; oval face; protruding ears; heart-shaped, open mouth; arched black eyebrows; mirror inset eyes; pitched headdress with three chain-link motif; traces white; black, red paint throughout; wearing coiled brass anklets.