African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman

African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman

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SANGO RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON

Auction Closed

June 30, 02:57 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

SANGO RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON


Wood, brass, glass beads

Height: 6 in (15.2 cm)

Gaston de Havenon, New York, acquired by 1971

Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above in 1972 or 1973

Warren M. Robbins, African Art: the de Havenon Collection, Washington, D.C., 1971, n.p., fig. 189

Alain Chaffin and Françoise Chaffin, L'art Kota. Les figures de reliquaire, Meudon, 1979, p. 286, cat. no. 171

Alisa LaGamma, Eternal Ancestors: the Art of the Central African Reliquary, New York, 2007, p. 251, cat. no. 77


Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., African Art: the de Havenon Collection, May 30 - October 3, 1971

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Eternal Ancestors: the Art of the Central African Reliquary, November 2, 2007 - March 2, 2008