FANG BIERI HEAD 11
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
FANG, BIERI RELIQUARY HEAD/BASKET, 11, 9"head, 10.5"diam.
basket, $600 SOLD, Gabon
These heads, called Bieri like the figures used the same way, were guardians
of the enshrined relics of important ancestors. Sitting on top of the containers,
they were also consulted for aid and protection. The heads may represent
an earlier form that later came to include full figures. Some have metal
around the eyes.
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