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Byeri offering container
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Product number:
BLA-3-07-28
- ✔ Echte Handarbeit
- ✔ Zeitlose Einrichtungsgegenstände
- ✔ Authentisch und Einzigartig
In these large offering or bark containers, worked from tree bark, the Fang kept relics of their ancestors. The box was usually looked after by the oldest male in the family. A Byeri consists of two parts; the bottom part which is made of the bark of trees is called Nsekh O Byeri by the Fang which means Body. The figurine which stands on top of the lid they call O Eyema Byeri which means head. The figures on the containers were also asked for help and protection.
Material: Bark and wood, Tribe Fang, country Gabun.
Total height 70 cm (height box 23 cm) , diameter 28 cm