The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

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Kota-Ndassa Reliquary Figure, Gabon

Auction Closed

May 24, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Kota-Ndassa Reliquary Figure, Gabon


Height: 24 1/4 in (61.5 cm)

Acquired prior to April 4, 1962 (appraised on this date by John J. Klejman, New York)
Mary Washington College, ed., The Sculpture of Primitive Peoples, Fredericksburg, 1966, pl. 14, cat. no. 49; also illustrated on the invitation to the exhibition preview
Eugenia W. Herbert, Red Gold: Copper Arts of Africa, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1984, cover, and p. 8, fig. 12, cat. no. 2
The DuPont Galleries, Mary Washington College, University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, The Sculpture of Primitive Peoples, October 23 – December 11, 1966
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts, Red Gold: Copper Arts of Africa, September 4 – October 31, 1984