MBETE STYLE RELIQUARY GUARDIAN 13, GABON

Photographs © Tim Hamill

MBETE
Figure 13
24.5" high x 10.5" wide x 10.5" deep
$500
SOLD

Old Mbete figures are very rare. Despite its appearance, this figure shows no evidence of age or use and was probably made to be sold.

There is a repaired crack down the body and across the fingers in the last view above and in the last detail below.

           

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