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african sculpture Carved from a single handcrafted piece of wood Mbete Reliquary Statue-4192
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44.5/10.1 CM
African figure The A The reliquary statues of Mbede also called Mbete, Ambete (subgroup Kota) has a dorsal cavity as it is the case here, arranged in the thickness of the trunk and closed by a flap attached by plant links. Here, the shutter and its links are gone, the statue was desecrated after use. This cavity was a reliquary cache to preserve fragments of human and animal bones as well as magic ingredients. The statue itself is an ancestor, here male. We find in the pace of the room the classic position of Byeri guardians of the Fang, compact body, arms flexed along the body
African figure The A The reliquary statues of Mbede also called Mbete, Ambete (subgroup Kota) has a dorsal cavity as it is the case here, arranged in the thickness of the trunk and closed by a flap attached by plant links. Here, the shutter and its links are gone, the statue was desecrated after use. This cavity was a reliquary cache to preserve fragments of human and animal bones as well as magic ingredients. The statue itself is an ancestor, here male. We find in the pace of the room the classic position of Byeri guardians of the Fang, compact body, arms flexed along the body
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