[GABON/CONGO - KOTA]. CHAFFIN, Alain and Françoise. L'Art Ko - Lot 89

[GABON/CONGO - KOTA]. CHAFFIN, Alain and Françoise. L'Art Kota: les figures de reliquaire. Meudon, A. et F. Chaffin, 1979. In-4, beige cloth printed in brown, in color illustrated dust jacket and rhodoid. 348 pages, numerous black & white photographs in the text. Bilingual French/English text, on two columns. Dust jacket faded and yellowed, particularly in the margins. An important study of the wooden and metal reliquary statues of the peoples associated with the Kota of Gabon and Congo, by Alain and Françoise Chaffin, eminent specialists in African art. French text with English translation by Carlos E. Garcia. Complete with book presentation leaflet. A good copy of this rare and sought-after study.