Exceptionally beautiful and rare female ancestor figure · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3044159
Swiss Collection
Description
wood, metal, base
This figure captivates us by its elegantly elongated body shapes, but above all by the unusual fineness and tenderness of face and body.
By means of the rudimentary remaining projection on the back, it can be assumed that the figure was once placed inserted into a bark box as a guard containing the skull of a revered ancestor. Most of the figures for the “byeri” cult represent male ancestors, but also women who had made special contributions, especially through the birth of many children, could be elevated to the rank of revered ancestors.
The object Exceptionally beautiful and rare female ancestor figure with the object ID 3044159 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 332 achieved a sales price of EUR 20,000.
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AHDRC: 0153478