Half Figure (Nlo Byeri)

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.

Over de sculptuur

Gegevens

Buren in huis: Art Institute of Chicago

Over hetzelfde thema · Ancestors

Ontvangt momenteel niet

Wat het toont

In de catalogus

Bronnen

Head

statuette;reliquaire (élément)

statuette

statuette;reliquaire (élément)

Reliquary Figure

The Bedroom, 1889

Dimanche d'été à la Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Rue de Paris, temps de pluie, 1877

Twee zusjes, 1881

Mand met appelen, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

Head, Mid–late 19th century

Figural Container, Late 19th-early 20th century

Headdress (Ago Egungun), Mid–late 19th century

Stela, 702 CE

Plank Mask (Luruya), Late 19th or early 20th century

Helmet Mask (Lipiko), Early to mid-20th century

Male Figure, Possibly 18th century

Face Mask (Sirige), 19th/20th century

Half Figure (Nlo Byeri)

Over de sculptuur

Gegevens

Meer van Fang

Buren in huis: Art Institute of Chicago

Over hetzelfde thema · Ancestors

Ontvangt momenteel niet

Wat het toont

In de catalogus

Bronnen

Head

statuette;reliquaire (élément)

statuette

statuette;reliquaire (élément)

Reliquary Figure

The Bedroom, 1889

Dimanche d'été à la Grande Jatte, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

Rue de Paris, temps de pluie, 1877

Twee zusjes, 1881

Mand met appelen, c. 1893

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91

American Gothic, 1930

Nighthawks, 1942

Head, Mid–late 19th century

Figural Container, Late 19th-early 20th century

Headdress (Ago Egungun), Mid–late 19th century

Stela, 702 CE

Plank Mask (Luruya), Late 19th or early 20th century

Helmet Mask (Lipiko), Early to mid-20th century

Male Figure, Possibly 18th century

Face Mask (Sirige), 19th/20th century