Kota Funerary Reliquary Silver Jewellery Measurements: length including hook 4

Measurements: length including hook 4

Painted on an old book leaf

Objects and jewellery of this type were often buried with their owner

jewellery or keys

Measurements: 41 cm (15

Kota Funerary Reliquary Silver Jewellery Measurements: length including hook 4Mbulu ngulu figure. Kota people, Gabon, West Africa. Mid to late 20th century. Carved from hardwood, with extremely pronounced features and heavily decorated copper and brass overlay. A two dimensional, heavily stylised human figure with the typical diamond lower silhouette and elaborately coiffed hair. This figure, with its concave face, is female. The metals used in these statues are believed to hold magical powers copper in particular grants long