Reliquary Figure

Object Number:

29-12-240

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Bakota

Provenience:

Gabon

Section:

African

Materials:

Copper
Brass
Wood

Description:

Funerary mask like 29-12-189. Lozenge (short at upper and) crossed by vertical ridge pierced at three points and thick towards bottom, 14.5 cm.

Height:

33.8cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from J. Laporte

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)

Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: 82-84

[Article] Dougherty, Frank. 1986. African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News. : Page/Fig./Plate: A13

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