Reliquary Kota Sangu
The style Sangu or Masango reduces the proportions of the head and suppresses the lateral parts, although it retains the rhombus and…
RLC-10
Kota Sangu
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The Sangu o Masangu occupy a part of the province of Ngounié, towards the mital of the upper Kurdish river Ogoué, south of Booué and in the center west of the country. They belong to the Bantu group and are related to the Kota. Style Sangu o Masango reduces the proportions of the head and suppresses the lateral parts, although it retains the rhombus and copper splashing. They always appear in the center of a basket braided with vegetable fibers. These figures are named after Mbumba.
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Reliquary Kota Sangu
The style Sangu or Masango reduces the proportions of the head and suppresses the lateral parts, although it retains the rhombus and…
RLC-11
Reliquary
Cessus intended to contain relics of ancestors, usually some piece of bone.
RLC-29
Reliquary
Relic basket of circular base, braided in raffia. The guards of reliquaries responds to all the canons of the Sangu.
RLC-30
Maraca
Maraca topped with a head reminiscent of masks Sangu. Used in playful and religious ceremonies and also to mark divinatory rhythms.
IDIOF-12
Reliquary Kota Sangu
The style Sangu or Masango reduces the proportions of the head and suppresses the lateral parts, although it retains copper splatting.
RLC-47
Spoon Ritual
Ritual spoon of anthropomorphic appearance, two legs come out of the lower part of the spoon.
CHR-32
Reliquary Kota Sangu
The style Sangu or Masango reduces the proportions of the head and suppresses the side parts, although it retains the chaped head…
RLC-76
