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Figure of a man
2002-03RCIN 95573
This is a modern interpretation of two types of reliquary guardian figures from Gabon; on the left the Kota-Obama people's mbulu-ngulu (image of the spirit of the dead), and on the right a Mahongwe reliquary guardian.
From the Ambassador of the Gabonese Republic to the United Kingdom, Alain Mensah-Zoguelet, 2003