Bwete reliquary figure
Maker
Kota
Maker
Gabonese
Object number81.17.786
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 154, 157, reproduced pl. 191 (as "bweti" guardian figure).
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 LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions21 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (54 x 19.1 x 7 cm)
MediumWood and brass
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