GABONESE FANG NTUMU CARVED WOOD RELIQUARY FIGURE

Hand carved wooden figurine from Gabon, Central Africa, art of the Fang Ntumu ethnic sub group. The piece is a byeri, the representation of an ancestor used in worship ceremonies. This figurine repres

Title: Figure of Fang Ntumu ancestor of the Byeri - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Date/Period: Second half 20th century Origin: Gabon Dimension: 11,81 Inch Materials: Wood Weight: 0,55 Pounds Item ty

N'tumu ancestor statue - Wood - Fang - Gabon Reserve: $30.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $25.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S. Europe: Flat-rate of $20.00 to anywhere within Europe. Inter

Central African Fang Ntumu Reliquary Figure, Carved wood. Display Stand. Size: 28.25'' x 7'' x 4.75'' (72 x 18 x 12 cm). Height on stand: 29.5" (75 cm). Provenance: Sam Hilu. Ex Collection of Bernard

Great Fang double-faced reliquary figure from Gabon. The Fang ethnic group number about 900,000 and constitute a vast village communities, established in a large zone of Atlantic equatorial Africa: co

African Fang Reliquary Wood Figure, Gabon. The Fang people were victims of the large transatlantic and trans-Saharan slave trade between the 16th and 19th century. They were stereotyped as cannibals b

A small Central African Fang people Nlo Bieri reliquary female figure from Gabon. The Nlo Bieri reliquary figure is a part of the Fang peoples ritual and spiritual beliefs. The figure is adorned with

Male figure standing with slightly bent knees, in the style of those placed on top of reliquary containers as guardians. Long thick locks and big staring eyes made of copper disks, the forehead and th

Standing male figure with coiffure in chin-length lobes, one longer lock hanging down the back, the round eyes in large concave orbits given a more vivid appearance by metal discs. The muscular figure

An African wood and brass Fang male reliquary guardian figureGabonheight 22 1/2in (57cm); width 5 3/4in (14.5cm); depth 6 1/2in (16.5cm) Provenance:Property from a Private Collection, Los Angeles, Cal

Title: Figure of ancestor of reliquary Byeri Fang - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Item Category: Figure, statue Alleged Seniority: Mid 20th century Origin: Gabon Materials: Wood Dimensions: 11,02 Inc

Title: Figure of ancestor of reliquary Byeri Fang - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Item Category: Figure, statue, ancestor, reliquary Alleged Seniority: Second half 20th century Origin: Gabon Material

A Central African Fang people Byeri reliquary figure from Gabon. Represents a male sitting figure with exaggerated physical features. Reliquaries serve as containers for sacred objects and ancestral r

FANG GABON - 38 cm (About 15 inches high) Beautiful decorative sculpture Wood Condition: fair Reliquary guardians are emblematic figures in the Fang culture, an African ethnic group mainly established

Group of three African Fang, Gabon carved wood eyema-o-byeri (reliquary figures); each seated; two wearing carved beaded necklaces; H: 26" (tallest, approx.)

Fang Carved Wood Byeri Ancestral Reliquary Guardian Figure Sculpture, Gabon or Cameroon, depicting a male figure. 9.75" H x 2" W x 2.5" D. Provenance: From a New York City Collection. Keywords: Africa

Two African Fang, Gabon/Cameroon carved wood eyema-o-byeri (reliquary figures); each standing with hands together at the waist; H: 25" (taller, approx.)

Possibly a Fang biery reliquary figure. Female head and torso, with three faces looking in three different directions. Large oblong knob at top of head. The figure with young, fertile body, hands cupp

A contemporary and haunting sculpture of a Byeri reliquary guardian figure in the Fang style. Adorned with rattan. Gabon, Africa. Despite the weathered and worn appearance of this sculpture, it was li

Central Africa, Cameroon/Gabon/Equatorial Guinea, Fang people (also Fan or Pahouin), ca. mid-20th century CE. A rare and beautifully patinated example of a byeri, a reliquary figure of an abstract for

Title: Fang Ngil statue - Gabon - African Art Tribal Art Item Category: Figure, doll, reliquary, fetish Alleged Seniority: Second half 20th century Origin: Gabon Materials: Wood, metal Dimensions: 10,

Bâton en bois surmonté d'une figure masculine, aux membres courts et musclés, le torse longiligne. Le visage concave est animé de deux petits yeux percés. Style Fang - Gabon H

DescriptionByeri - heads functioned much in the same way as Byeri enyema figures in that they guarded the boxes of bark containing the remains of important ancestors. Such heads are often believed to

African, Fang people of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon, hardwood reliquary carving of an abstract anthropomorphic figure with hands over heart, a protruding b