Knight Mbigou

This steatite known as Mbigou stone is extracted in the quarries of the town of the same name, in the province of Ngounié, in the southeast of Gabon and is mainly worked by Bakelé and the BandjabiFor generations the artisans of these ethnic groups of the great equatorial forest have worked this stone and manufactured instruments, containers, pipes, utensils or ritual objects. The art of sculpture with M'bigou stone is a sacred tradition. An object often represented is a man's head leaning on a base that appears in various ritual masks and symbolizes the unity of life and death.

Stone known as soap stone for its soapy touch or also as talc stone, since it is composed of magnesium silicate which is the main component of talc.

The Gabonese artists have sculpted true wonders in this type of stone that you have been the subject of exhibitions held all over the world.

Easy to work stone used in multiple decorative applications, kitchen countertops or construction walls. Mbigou is known for the artistic statues carved in this famous stone, considered as a noble stone. The Creator would have sent her to this earth to serve as a fetish, object of decoration or worship.

This statuette offers a granitic look. The knight holds the reins with both hands of a horse who seems to want to lift his front legs. Decoration, chopped, of the thighs of the horse and of the sides of its rider. It is used in divination rites.