Sculpture
Reliquary Figure
| Object Number: | AF1880A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Fang |
| Provenience: | Gabon |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Iconography: | Male Head |
| Height: | 35 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number: | 1541 - Other Number 020 - Cast Number |
Description
Reliquary head. Wooden sculptured head. used to guard ancestral spirits of skulls kept in cylindrical wooden boxes in shrines. (AF1880B Probably an imitation Fang head, acc. to P. Ben-Amos 1982)
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