Fang Reliquary Guardian Figure (Eyema-o-Byeri) byeri including those of the Cypro-Archaic

including those of the Cypro-Archaic era

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located along the Yom River

Superb strand composed of small-sized early 20th-century Bohemian antique glass trade beads

A timeless relic from the 4th century AD

Fang Reliquary Guardian Figure (Eyema-o-Byeri) byeri including those of the Cypro-ArchaicFang people, early 20th century, Cameroon or Northern Gabon, Central Africa Magnificent old male ancestor figure, eyema o byeri (also biyema biyeri or nlo byeri), carved from a single piece of hardwood and originally mounted atop a cylindrical bark reliquary. Shown in a lightly flexed stance, the figure subtly shifts its weight to the proper right, a remnant of its earlier conception as a seated formevident in the abbreviated, powerful thighs