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FANG/BAKALAI, Gabon. Wood, bamboo, fibres.
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65
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FANG/BAKALAI, Gabon. Wood, bamboo, fibres.
See original version (French)
Estimate
€80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
FANG/BAKALAI, Gabon.
Wood, bamboo, fibres.
Set of three Sanza on a box with six and seven bamboo tongues. The flat rectangular tabletop is mounted on a substantial box; both sides of the box are covered with engraved geometric designs.
Second half of the 19th century.
33.5 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm; 33.5 x 18 x 19.5 cm and 36.5 x 18.5 x 19 cm.
(minor damage and losses).
Bibliography: ‘L’Esprit de la forêt’, terres du Gabon. Musée d’Aquitaine/Somogy Éditions d’Art, 1997. Page 173.
Note: See the collections of the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, inventory number: 71.1884.20.12.
Provenance: MOEVUS Loches Collection. Passed down through the family. Part of a group of objects found in an attic in Loches that had not been moved for over a century.
Expert: Christian NJIENSI
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ID: 88023575
Ref. : 0025638 - 6
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