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1880 - 1930
mwete/ m'bulu-ngulu | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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mwete/ m'bulu-ngulu
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Reliquary guardian figure
Guardian figures, Mwete or M'Bulu-Ngulu, depict deceased ancestors of the Bakota. The face and the ear decoration of this reliquary guardian are covered with a sheet of brass. The Bakota kept relics (skulls, remains of bones) of high-ranking people in tall bark boxes or baskets. The "guardians" were placed on the edge of these boxes or baskets. Like oracles, the reliquary guardians were consulted before important decisions were made.
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- Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Kota
- Object type
- figures (representations)
- Dimensions
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Height: 630.0 mm
Width: 330.0 mm
Depth: 85.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Sheet brass, Wood, Carving
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- I/2545
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
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02.07.1984
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who
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Galerie Lemaire, M. L. J. - Sellers
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Gabon (location/origin)Africa (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC0 1.0 DEED
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