Fang reliquary figures (Byeri)

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkb:sculpture
African art
ruins
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Byeri_society
gptkbp:category gptkb:ritual
funerary art
African sculpture
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Fang_people
gptkbp:depicts human figure
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:Musée_du_quai_Branly
gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:feature abstract style
enlarged head
muscular body
shiny surface
symmetrical form
gptkbp:function ritual ceremonies
guarding ancestral remains
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fang reliquary figures (Byeri)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Pablo_Picasso
gptkb:Amedeo_Modigliani
modernist art
gptkbp:keptWith ancestral bones
gptkbp:material brass
copper
iron
wood
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Equatorial_Guinea
gptkb:Gabon
gptkbp:period 19th century
early 20th century
gptkbp:usedFor ancestor worship
protection of relics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fang_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5