Mitsogo Gabon Manioc stamper from the Horst Ufer collection
Size: 29 cm - 33cm on it's stand.
Mitshogo Gabon manioc stamper ex Horst Ufer collection-Germany with Kaolin
incrustration on the face.
price: gone .....
mitsogo information request of availability
Coming
from the Mountains of central Gabon, this manioc stamper
is from the Mitsogo Tribe (northwestern Bantu)
Most Mitsogo carvings found in museum collections today are
wooden reliquary figures that were used to protect the spirits of deceased
ancetors. Not so many daily objects from the Mitsogo are available for
collector.
This object has a nice aging patina, and the Kaolin is strongly
incrusted on the face o this finelly carved stamper.
Oral histories of the Mitsogo indicate that their ancestors
immigrated from an area in northeastern Gabon around the Ivindo River valley
during the 13th and 14th centuries. Art styles and techniques link the Mitsogo
to other peoples in their region. Like the Fang and Kota peoples who live to the
north and the Punu who live to the south, the Mitsogo carve figures whose
primary purpose is to guard the relics of ancestors. They also practice bwiti,
which is an observed practice of various other peoples throughout Gabon.
Mitsogo
religion centered around ancestors who were believed to wield power in the
afterlife as they had as living leaders of the community.
More Mitsogo Information to be found at Mitsogo
People
Mitsogo objects like most Gabonese art is quite seldom, and
avidly collected around the World.
Price: 2.500 € mitsogo information request of availability
Let me know if you want to add this fine Mitsogo Gabon Manioc
stamper from Horst Ufer to your collection . Size: 29 cm - 33cm on
it's stand.
Price: GONE
Related books:
Ancestral
art of Gabon: From the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 
~ Louis Perrois
Art
ancestral du Gabon (French Edition)
~ Louis Perrois
Art of Equatorial Guinea: The Fang Tribes
~ Louis Perrois
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