SANGO STYLE JANUS RELIQUARY GUARDIAN 8



     

Photographs © Tim Hamill

SANGO STYLE
JANUS RELIQUARY GUARDIAN FIGURE 8
21" high x 6.5" wide x 2.75" deep
$600

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

The figure has splits but is stable. The metal coils on one ear is slightly loose.

Figures like these, smaller and less familiar than Bakota and Mahongwe religuary guardians, were usually placed in basketry containers holding relics of important clan ancestors. Sheathed in metal (brass or copper), the figures are abstracted into a diamond shape below the neck.

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