241009 - Antique, Rare & Large - 118 cm - African Mitshogo Vuvi statue - Gabon

€950.00

Antique, Extremely Rare & Large Tribal used African Mitshogo Vuvi statue, Gabon.

This statue protected the pregnant woman

                                  Hand carved from a single piece of wood, with color pigments.

Heights: 118 cm and about 100 years old and comes from an old ex Swiss collection.

This Mitshogo Vuvi statue dated from the begin of the 20th century and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

The Mitsogo people are an ethno-cultural group from the highlands of Gabon. They reside mainly in Ngounié Province to the north and east of Mouila. Numbering around 13,000, they speak the Tsogo language. In the late 19th and early 20th century they were known for their fierce resistance to the French.