Unidentified

Female Guardian Figure with Reliquary Bundle (nkhosi)

n.d.

Category
Culture
Lumbo
Place Made
Gabon
Materials
Wood, iron, rope, palm frond fiber, pigment
Measurements
15 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in (40.005 x 19.685 x 18.415 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Victor K. Kiam
Accession #
77.235
Description

Bundle of dried fibers wrapped with twisted rope, surmounted by torso with shoulders thrust forward; arms slightly bent; hands in front of abdomen; deep hole at navel; round face; enlarged pierced ears with double metal loops in each; oval mouth open with metal teeth inserts; diamond-shaped eyes with mirror insets; boomerang-shaped headdress; surface of figure painted red overall with white ears, mouth and hands.