The Gallery
gallery : gabon : Statues
 
 
 
click for full size image FANG MONKEY FIGURE
   
  Item #:   121
  Object Type:   Statues
  Tribe:   Fang (Pangwe)
  Country:   Gabon
  Size:   47cm / 18.5in
  Material(s):   wood paint beads beads beads
  Description:   This fang monkey figure is kept at villagel shrines.
 
    inquire about this item

 

click for full size image FANG FETISH HEAD
   
  Item #:   188
  Object Type:   Statues
  Tribe:   Fang (Pangwe)
  Country:   Gabon
  Size:   38cm / 15inches
  Material(s):   wood
  Description:   This Fang object has a rich patina and abstract facial features.
 
    inquire about this item

 

click for full size image FANG
   
  Item #:   428
  Object Type:   Statues
  Tribe:   Fang (Pangwe)
  Country:   Gabon
  Size:   33cm / 13inches
  Material(s):   wood beads beads beads beads
  Description:   This Fang head once adorned a cylindrical barrel made of the bark of teh Ficus in which from ten to fifteen craniums of the deceased were kept. The statue has its own power apart from its relation to the ancestral spirit. The barrels with this statue or head was kept in a special hut guarded by the elders of the family or tribe. The hut was also used by adolescents in their initiation ceremony so as to put them in touch with the ancestral spirit.
 
    inquire about this item

 
 
The Gallery | About Sahara | Saharan Voyages | Tribal Resources | Interior Design
Contact Us | Customer Service | Site Credits | Visit Jembetat

Copyright ©2008 Sahara Gallery, Inc. All rights reserved.