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Male reliquary guardian figure
Object Number 30-2-50/B4974
Display Title Male reliquary guardian figure
Descriptions
Indigenous Term bieri, byeri
Object Description Male reliquary guardian figure
Inventory Description Figurine, male head and torso, holding child, black pigment, inlaid mirror eyes
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date Ca. 1850
Culture
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Africa / Gabon
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Muni; Coastal Region
Materials Wood, Mirror, Pigment, Glass, Charcoal, Resin, Palm oil
Dimensions Overall: 52.7 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm (20 3/4 x 9 x 7 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B/4974/ 54
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1930
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1930 - 1930)

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