Bieri

Bieri (guardian figure) of carved hardwood with black oily patina, male bust with plain straight torso and arms akimbo on cylindrical base, fitting as stopper in cylindrical reliquary box of blackened bark, used to contain ancestral bones: Central Africa, Gabon, Middle Ogowe River, Fang people, late 19th to early 20th century

Bieri

Bieri (guardian figure) of carved blackened wood, female with rear projection to hook into reliquary box to contain ancestral bones: Central Africa, Gabon, Fang people, early 20th century