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Superb FANG reliquary figure statue African Tribal Art

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GABON
BEAUTIFUL FANG Byeri reliquary Figure eyema byeri
A superb presence and volumes for this sculpture
PROVENANCE: Ex - Franco - Belgian Collection of Mr Ph. V. (More details on request)

The heads and statues "guardians of reliquaries"
The relics, essentially the skulls of exceptional ancestors , were kept in reliquary boxes surmounted by either a head or a statuette. The whole was called the Byeri and was of primordial importance, considered as the guarantor of the living world
It made women fertile, brought wealth, and ensured the success of warlike expeditions and hunting and protected individuals (see Fang, Dapper Museum)
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Reliquary Statue, figure
ETHNICAL GROUP: Fang
ORIGINE: Gabon
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 19 Inches high.
20 3/4 inches with its base
CONDITION: Medium
(See picture)

Bibliograhie - Bibliography:
- FANG, Ph Laburthe-Tolra et Ch Falgayrettes-Leveau, MusÃ©e Dapper, 1991
- La statuaire des Fang du Gabon, texte de Louis Perrois, Arts d'Afrique Noire nÂ°7, automne 1973
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