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Fang Reliquary Head (19th c.) Gabon, Africa

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Fang Reliquary Head (19th c.) Gabon, Africa

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Fang Reliquary Head (19th c.) Gabon, Africa

In Fang society, figurative sculptures produced for the ancestor cult, or Bieri, were designed to complement reliquary containers. Such works were generalized ancestral representations which were memorialized and addressed in times of need through relics preserved in the attached container. The Fang believed that ancestral relics held great spiritual power. Bieri was a Fang association devoted to the veneration of lineage ancestors and founders, leaders, and fertile women who made significant contributions to society during their lifetime. After death, their relics, particularly the skull, were conserved in cylindrical bark containers and guarded by carved wooden heads or figures mounted atop the receptacles.

- Fang Culture
- 19th Century
- Gabon, Central Africa
- Wood,
- H: 17 in. With stand
- From a Private New York Collection.

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Fang Reliquary Head (19th c.) Gabon, Africa

Name: Fang Reliquary Head (19th c.) Gabon, Africa
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