Fang
Half Figure (Nlo Byeri)
Sulla scultura
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
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 1958.302
