Sale 207 Lot 266

GABONESE FANG PEOPLE NLO BYERI HEAD. Wooden sculpture identified as an Nlo Byeri statue from the Fang people of northern Gabon. These sculptures, also referred to as angokh-nlo-byeri, served as guardians for reliquary boxes containing the skulls and bones of ancestors, protecting them from sacrilege. Characterized by an elongated face, high cheekbones, a curved forehead, and large, hollowed eye sockets, sometimes inlaid with bone or punctuated with brass tacks. - Height: 50 inches.
Estimate $300-500