Fang
Half Figure (Nlo Byeri)
Über die Skulptur
Among the Fang people, figures that serve as guardians of ancestral remains often conflate features of infants and the elderly, combining the wide-eyed stare and rounded arms and hands of a child with the sunken cheeks and drawn mouth of an old man. These visual oppositions infuse a figure with the vitality and animation that are crucial to its ongoing role as an intermediary with the ancestors.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Angaben
- Inventarnummer
- 1958.302
