Punu statuette (Gabon) Rare statuette representing... Lot 1

Punu statuette (Gabon) Rare statuette representing a woman seated on a stool, her left hand holding one of the shells of her headdress identical to that adorning most okuyi masks. This type of work must have once had a function on an altar. Wood with important remains of white pigments, small visible accidents. H. 34,5 cm Provenance : - French private collection - Bernard Dulon (Paris) - Acquired from the Patrick Didier Claes Gallery (Brussels) on April 2, 2009 Published / reproduced : - Bettina von Lintig, Hughes Dubois: "Empreintes d'Afrique - L'art tribal au fil des fleuves" Éditions 5 continents 2011 n° 63, page 160.