About the lot N° 2567
Title : A Punu Shrine Figure
Notes : Provenance:Marceau RiviereJacqueline SpieglExhibited:Governors State University, IL, 2003Krannert Art Museum, IL, 2003Belger Art Foundation/University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, 2004Tall Grass Art Association, IL, 2005Published:Bourgeois and Rodolitz, REMNANTS OF RITUAL: SELECTIONS FROM THE GELBARD COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART, Ethnos, New York, 2003, p.30, fig.68While masks of the Punu people of the Ogowe River region of Gabon are found in many collections, shrine figures are quite rare. This figure is important in that it not only displays classical Punu features, but has not been deconsecrated.Bonhams 2, auctioneer, New York, US
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Sale title : Fine African and Oceanic Art
Sale date : 13 Nov 2007
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
