House post / pillar – Wood – Mitsogho – Gabon

Stylistic and large wooden Mitsoho house post / pillar from Gabon.

Mitsogho, a Bantu people from Central Africa established in central Gabon, named after the Ngounié region, is aware of the fact that the country’s initiatory measures have been taken to prevent it from becoming a victim of the country’s threats, including Bwiti.
This work, a rare architectural element, from the Ebanza temple, a long, long-pointed, flat pillar, presented on the top a geometric painting afgewisseld with three-dimensional and ruitformige geometric patterns painted with black, white and red pigments. Good ondition with a beautiful aged patina.

Provenance: former private collection from the Netherlands.

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