Bieri
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Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name) > Visual Works (Hierarchy Name) > visual works > <visual works by material or technique> > sculpture (visual work) > <sculpture by subject type> > statues > figurines
Descripción
Sculpted human figures or heads attached to the reliquaries of deceased Fang elders, which function as a symbolic evocation of the ancestor as well as a guardian of the relics.
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Otros términos
- byeri [en]
- eyema [en]
- nlo byeri [en]