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Reliquary figure

Skull guard figure (male) sitting with a peg at the back. This figure can be placed on the rim of a bark bast vessel. The eyes are brass discs nailed on Entry in the main historical catalogue: "Wooden figure"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
Object type
Reliquary figure
Dimensions
Depth: 42 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 36844

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Cameroon
    Gabon
    Ntumu Group
    who
    Pangwe
    Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
  • Collecting
    who
    August Widenmann - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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