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Description : **Originally Listed At $3000** Central Africa, Cameroon/Gabon/Equatorial Guinea, Fang people (also Fan or Pahouin), ca. early 20th century CE. A rare and beautifully patinated example of a byeri, a reliquary figure with an abstract anthropomorphic form - an elongated head and columnar body, with simple facial features and the arms folded in front of the stomach, which has a prominent belly button, perhaps implying pregnancy. Ethnologists believe figures such as this one were boiled in a soup for medicinal purposes which explains the varied patina. Byeri were designed to be protective figures. Size: 1.55 W x 6.55 H (3.9 cm x 16.6 cm), 10.8 H (27.4 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-Native Auctions, January 2016, Lot #48., ex. Lars Bethge, Europe, and documented in Yale Archive of African Art, Object 0128595 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #155730
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