Fang Byeri Statue, Guardian Of The Reliquary, Gabon, N'tumu

The N'tumu statue is characterized by a slender, "tube-like" shape, and it holds a ritual cup.
It is female in form, with a beautiful heart-shaped face. The mouth features the famous pout known as the “moue pahouine,” and the navel is prominent.
It has a beautiful, dark brown antique patina with signs of wear and age-related cracks.
Height: 62 cm, including its beautiful, custom-made patinated bronze base from the prestigious “François Lunardi” workshop.
From a bourgeois estate.
Bibliographie de reference :
Perrois Louis Arts du Gabon, Arts d'Afrique Noire. Les Plastiques du Bassin de l'Ogooué , Arnouville, 1979.
Louis Perrois, La statuaire fang,1972 .

‎Marseille, Réunion des Musées Nationaux 1992. catalogue de l'exposition Fang Byeri de la Vieille Charité.

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