79 FIG. 15 (right): Reliquary guardian, boho-na-bwete. Kota, Shake or Shamaye substyle, Gabon. 19th century. Wood, brass, copper, iron. H: 41 cm. Collected by African missionary Brother D, undoubtedly a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, who returned to Europe around 1930. Ex Dr. André Mary and his wife, Lucienne in 1935, after their return from Togo, and kept at their home in Colmar, Upper Alsace; by descent; Sotheby’s, Paris, December 12, 2012, lot 90. © Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Photo by Claude Germain. FIG. 16 (far right): Figure of a chief. Bangwa, West Region, Cameroon. 20th century. Wood. H: 89 cm. Ex Gustav Conrau (reportedly), Berlin, 1898–1899; Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin (inv. III C10518); Arthur Speyer (1894–1958), Berlin, 1919–29; Harry A. Franklin, Los Angeles; Sotheby’s, New York, April 21, 1990, lot 128; private collection, Japan, 1990–2009; Christie’s, Paris, December 4, 2009, lot 130. © Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Photo by Claude Germain. ECLECTIC
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