Sculpture - Wood - Fang - Gabon - 27 cm
Beautifully designed BYERI STATUE of the Fang tribe in Gabon. Height 27 cm. This top piece has a warm serene look and stands out for its beautiful patina. The eyes are inlaid with copper pins and have an intense appearance. For the Fang people of Gabon, the worship of the ancestors is a practice known as BYERI historically seen of paramount importance, as well as in the power of ancestral relics. Provenance: ex collection Dir. Professor Gerhard Vesely ( ethnogalery museum Schmiding-Austria) .
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Beautifully designed BYERI STATUE of the Fang tribe in Gabon. Height 27 cm. This top piece has a warm serene look and stands out for its beautiful patina. The eyes are inlaid with copper pins and have an intense appearance. For the Fang people of Gabon, the worship of the ancestors is a practice known as BYERI historically seen of paramount importance, as well as in the power of ancestral relics. Provenance: ex collection Dir. Professor Gerhard Vesely ( ethnogalery museum Schmiding-Austria) .
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