An ancient figure of a polychrome mbumba bwiti reliquary keeper, having kept her charge and her mirror, her hairstyle in braided braids, and tinted with Guimet blue, particularly rich and successful because it combines an axial braid and braided braids, and seems to merge the two ancient traditional hairstyles, mitooki and kodia mentioned above. For other comparable mbumba bwiti reliquary figures, see : Lumbu, a Sacred Art, Gourcuff-Gradenigo ed. and Bernard Dulon Gallery, 2016, pp. 130-161. Lumbu, Gabon Wood, glass, pigments, resin, beautiful and old patina of use. H. 59 cm Provenance : Jacques Viault Collection.