Cantor Arts Center

Object Results

Showing 1 of 1

Reliquary Figure ("Mbulu ngulu")

20th century
20th C.
Africa, Gabon
13 1/2 in. x 6 1/8 in. x 1 7/8 in. (34.29 cm x 15.56 cm x 4.76 cm)

By (primary)
Artist unknown

Culture/People: Kota peoples

Medium: Wood, brass, copper, and iron

Credit Line: Gift of the Christensen Fund Collection

Accession Number: 1998.43

Currently On View

Provenance

Christensen Collection #40953

Keywords Click a term to view the records with the same keyword

funerary art
Use for art produced for rituals commemorating the dead and for art produced as an individual expression of grief.

mourning art
Use For Term

art, funerary
Use For Term

art, mourning
Use For Term

Kota

Bakota
Use For Term

Kota (African people)
LCSH Link

Kuta
Use For Term

Gabonese

GabÛn
Use For Term

Gabao
Use For Term

Gaboon
Use For Term

protection
Use generally for the activity of keeping people and things safe from harm or deterioration. For actions taken to prevent further changes or deterioration in objects, sites, or structures, use "preservation". When such actions are taken on buildings or other structures specifically for cultural, aesthetic, or historic reasons, use "historic preservation". [October 1995 lead-in term deleted, was 'protection'; descriptor changed, was 'protecting'; alternate term added. January 1991 lead-in term deleted, was 'preserving'; descriptor moved.]

protected
Alternate Term

protecting
Alternate Term

reliquary figures

reliquary statues
Use For Term

figures, reliquary
Use For Term

statues, reliquary
Use For Term

reliquary figure
Alternate Term

Additional Images Click an image to view a larger version

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio

This object is a member of the following portfolios:

African Art

Sculpture_Browse the collection

Your current search criteria is: [Object]Location-Current contains "CAC-Installation" and [Object]Accession Number is not t@ and [Object]Accession Number is not and [Object]Century is "20th C." and [Object]Period is " and [Object]Country is "Gabon".

View current selection of records as:

CDWA Lite XML LIDO XML VRA Core 4 MODS XML Objects JSON

Last updated: 02/27/2021

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced.

The Cantor Arts Center encourages the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. Some images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights.

To purchase a high-resolution digital image for publication, request a high-resolution digital image for study, or request permission to use an image from our website of works in the Cantor Arts Center’s collection, please contact cantor_rightsandrepro@stanford.edu

Object Results

Reliquary Figure ("Mbulu ngulu")

Open and free for everyone.

Quick Links

Campus Partners