These heads; known as Bieri; were attached to bark boxes containing the skulls and bones of ancestors; both to guard the relics and as a focus for prayers; complaints and sacrifices. Some scholars believe they are an early form from which the full figure sculptures were developed. Country of Origin: Gabon; Equatorial Africa. Culture: Fang. Date / Period: 19th-20th C. Place of Origin: Gabon. Material Size: Wood..

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