Un "Village des Morts" à Bura en Republique du Niger'
taking care to remove only part of the root system to ensure the plant regenerates
suggesting their role as offerings to honor the deceased and perhaps guide them into the afterlife
Superb strand composed of small-sized early 20th-century Bohemian antique glass trade beads
A timeless relic from the 4th century AD
Fang Reliquary Guardian Figure (Eyema-o-Byeri) byeri Un "Village des Morts" àFang people, early 20th century, Cameroon or Northern Gabon, Central Africa Magnificent old male ancestor figure, eyema o byeri (also biyema biyeri or nlo byeri), carved from a single piece of hardwood and originally mounted atop a cylindrical bark reliquary. Shown in a lightly flexed stance, the figure subtly shifts its weight to the proper right, a remnant of its earlier conception as a seated formevident in the abbreviated, powerful thighs