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The Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection
Lot 21

Kota Obamba Reliquary Figure, Gabon

11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$25,312.50 inc. premium

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Kota Obamba Reliquary Figure, Gabon

mbulu ngulu
Wood, brass, copper, nails
height 22 1/2in (57cm)

Provenance
Reportedly Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York
Sol and Josephine Levitt Collection, New York
TAD Tribal Art/Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe
Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C.

This handsome mbulu ngulu of classic form rises from a lozenge base supporting a large and broad, oval concave facial plane with four sections of applied copper strips forming a cross pattern of brass with the nose in the center dividing cabochon eyes, the crescent form top and two side flanges covered with brass sheets to the front: copper strips wrap around the conical neck; dark brown patina with large area of erosion on the back.

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