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Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Carved wooden abstract figure with large oval head encased and decorated with brass and copper, with a lozenge shaped base, used as an ancestral reliquary figure in funerary ensembles: Africa, Central Africa, Gabon, Kota people

Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Carved wooden standing male ancestor figure with cap and skirt painted with white pigment, and cowrie shells around the neck: West Africa, Nigeria, Niger Coast, Urhobo people, 19th century

Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Ancestor figure in hard dark wood, with hands to sides, with eyes of obsidian and bird bone, and glyphs carved on top of head in form of three bearded faces with streaming hair: Oceania, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), late 19th to early 20th century

Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Ancestor figure of carved and painted wood grasping a crayfish below which is a bird's head and a crustacean: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland, 19th century

Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Standing male ancestor figure of carved wood: Oceania, Melanesia, New Caledonia, 19th century

Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Hampatong or female ancestor figure made of carved wood: Asia, South East Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan, east-central area, Dayak (Dyak), 19th - 20th century

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