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Bieri

Scope note

Use for sculpted huma figures or heads attached to the reliquaries of deceased Fang elders, and which functioned as a symbolic evocation of the ancestor as well as a guardian of the relics.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262978

Broader Terms used

reliquary figures

Term used for

byeri
eyema
nlo byeri

Created

12yrs ago

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