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: 4.500 € mitsogo information request of availability

A Mitsogo Gabon Manioc stamper from the Horst Ufer collectionComing 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.

mitshogo-Gabon-Manioc-stamper-Horst-Ufer-back.jpg (54787 bytes)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: 4.500 € mitsogo information request of availability

Price: 4.500 € mitsogo information request of availability

Price: 4.500 € 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: 4.500 € mitsogo information request of availability

Related books:

Ancestral art of Gabon: From the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum ~ Louis Perrois

Art ancestral du Gabon (French Edition) ~ Louis Perrois

0847812758 Art of Equatorial Guinea: The Fang Tribes ~ Louis Perrois

 

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