Kota-Obamba Reliquary Guardian Figure, Gabon

The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati

Kota-Obamba Reliquary Guardian Figure, Gabon

Brass, copper, wood

Height: 24 in (61 cm)

The reverse with the fragmentary remains of an old paper label, printed in black ink: “[COL]LECTION OF [name illegible] [/] [HOLLY?]WOOD C[ALIFORNIA?; some parts of letters legible] [/] NO.”, which is inscribed in black ink: “A", “210”, and “fo”, and inscribed in pencil: “[?]450”, and “235”