Sujet
Mumba bwiti figure, positioned on top of a reliquary containing the bones of ancestors and magical preparations, both to protect them and as a focus for sacrifice
Légende
Mumba bwiti figure, positioned on top of a reliquary containing the bones of ancestors and magical preparations, both to protect them and as a focus for sacrifice, Used as part of the Bwiti cult which swept Gabon in the early decades of the C20th. Coloured bright red using a mixture of camwood, ochre and kaolin. Gabon, Equatorial Africa. Tsogo. Early 20th c Upper Ngoume region.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A22_128
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
31,4Mo (1,3Mo) / 22,5cm x 35,0cm / 2659 x 4134 (300dpi)