Reliquary head with a face, the look accentuated by mirror inlays giving it a beautiful, timeless and protective expression

Reliquary head with a face, the look accentuated by mirror inlays giving it a beautiful, timeless and protective expression
Wood, raffia, coloquinte, mirror, natural pigments, old patina
Vuvi, Mitsogho, Gabon, late 19th - early 20th century
26 x 16 cm

Provenance: Former Jean Paul Agogue collection, Paris (accompanied by a label with the following indications: "Ancienne collection Jean Paul Agogue, Paris"): Head Misoko, ex Jean Pierre Halley, Malibu, USA, Belgian, son of colonists who immigrated to the USA in 1962). Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.