Female reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" (Image of the ancestor) · Southern Cameroon, Fang - Bulu · ID: 3049473

Name: Female reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" (Image of the ancestor)
SKU: 3049473
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany

Size

H: 46 cm

H: 18.1 inch

Description

wood, base

Most of the figures for the “byéri” 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.

Publications

Werner Fischer, Kamerun und seine Kunst, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 108 (left); Expo cat.: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Celle 2012, p. 32 (left)