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Arts of Africa

Reliquary Guardian Figure (Mbulu Viti)

Kota (Ndassa subgroup); or Kota (Wumbu subgroup)

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Kota (Ndassa subgroup); or Kota (Wumbu subgroup). Reliquary Guardian Figure (Mbulu Viti), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, copper, copper alloy, iron, 24 13/16 x 12 3/16 x 4 in. (63.0 x 31.0 x 10.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 56.6.20. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Title

Reliquary Guardian Figure (Mbulu Viti)

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Gabon

Medium

Wood, copper, copper alloy, iron

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

24 13/16 x 12 3/16 x 4 in. (63.0 x 31.0 x 10.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos

Accession Number

56.6.20

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Artists and makers

Kota (Ndassa subgroup)

2 works in the collection

Kota (Wumbu subgroup)

2 works in the collection