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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal & Oceanic Art & Artefacts
• Sale Date:
  11 Feb 2018 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  191A
• Lot Description:
  A Janus Headed Kota Reliquary Figure
  These reliquaries' figural sculptures are also referred to as guardian figures for their role as guardians of the precious contents held within and also as guardians of the community. Used in communal rites and ritual performances. Such rites and performances are known for remedying social crises and for ensuring success in matters ranging from fertility and health to hunting and trading. Kota sculptors have used extreme figural abstraction. Materials employed to adorn the head and construct the face-most often brass and copper obtained through trade with Europeans-were historically scarce and therefore even more meaningful and valuable. Beginning in the 1870s, Kota reliquary figures were among the earliest African sculptures to be acquired by European naturalists and explorers. Beginning in the early 20th century, avant-garde artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and Paul Klee were inspired by the Kota Sculptures. Gabon.
  57 cms x 30 cms
• Provenance:
  Australian Private Collection
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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