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Reliquary Figure
Reliquary Figure

Reliquary Figure

Date20th century
Object number51.234
ProvenancePurchased from Altman Antiques; Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 1951
Published ReferencesMcClusky, Pamela. African Art: From Crocodiles to Convertibles in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1987; cat. no. 6, p. 14, reproduced (as Reliquary guardian).
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions24 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 2 13/16 in. (62.6 x 27 x 7.1 cm)
MediumBrass, wood
Bwete reliquary figure
Kota
Object number: 81.17.786
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Kota
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2014.3
Kota/Fang
20th century
Object number: 81.17.787
Photo by Tom Joyce
Kota
Object number: 2007.150
Photo: Paul Macapia
Gabonese
Object number: 81.17.783
Gabonese
early 20th century
Object number: SC2009.1.1
Female(?) figure
Songye culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Object number: 81.17.904
Melanesian
19th century
Object number: 2020.5.1
Benin Kingdom
20th century
Object number: SC2009.1.4