African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
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