A Kota-Shamaye Reliquary Figure, Guardian of Kota Memory
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This sacred artifact is one of the finest known mbulu ngulu figures from the Kota culture. Kota-Shamaye reliquary figure, Gabon, wooden core covered with copper and brass plates, h. 37.5 cm/14.76 in.Estimate: €100,000/150,000 The contemporary archaeology auction, an ideal counterpoint to the 2024 edition of Parcours des Mondes, will feature beautiful items from the private collection of activist and patron of the arts Claire Durand-Ruel. Some of them she bought with her father, a physician and major collector of Non-Western art. The sale spans fields as varied as Non-Western, Asian and contemporary art and archaeology, part of an innovative cultural project that will be
