Male Statue

Tsogho · Gabon

Reference: EMS-25

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Height
67 cm
Material
Wood and pigments

Curious figure with hands slightly touching the sides and arms bent at the height of the forearm forming a right angle and barely sketched fingers. The…

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Curious figure with hands slightly touching the sides and arms bent at the height of the forearm forming a right angle and barely sketched fingers. The belly flung with a shallow cavity in the form of a semicircle, as if destined to preserve a relic. He wears a kind of thick string necklace and a thick cord knotted at his waist, in the manner of a loincloth that does not hide his manhood. It highlights its white polychrome throughout the body, remaining black the head in which a triangular mouth stands out. The polychrome of this statue suggests that it could be a funeral figure.

Further technical information
Attributed period
First third century XX or older
Recorded weight
1 g

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Gabon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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