Beschreibung : AFRICAN TRIBAL ART, FANG RELIQUARY FIGURE - Carved wood symbolic two-sided figure with stapled metal wrap, metal fashioned nose and eyes, intended to stand above a basket or receptacle of an ancestor's bones. The term reliquary is a misnomer, as the figure doesn't contain ancestral bones but rather serves as a guardian of the bones against desecration. Unsigned. Condition good. Late 19th, early 20th century.15.25H x 5.5W
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Über das Lot Chargen- 54 Titel : Fang Reliquary Figure