Reliquary guardian
Gabon, Upper Ogooue region. Kota cultural area, Obamba. 19th or early 20th century. Wood, copper, brass, iron. Gift from the painter and collector Émile Chambon in 1981; former collection of his uncle, François-Clément Coppier, a colonial adminstrator in French Equatorial Africa until 1921 (?); context of creation not documented.
MEG Inv. ETHAF 044536
