Gabon

This guardian Byeri figure with its voluminous head and stocky appearance, is characteristic of the Southern Fang style, in particular, the Meke-Betsi of the North and the North -West Gabon. This beautiful piece, with its elegant lines and its intense stare, offers a round trip through the art world of the twentieth century,

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 18 - H 45 and weight 1.2 kg.

This reliquary figure is called Ekuk means both “protective forest spirit” and “children of beete.” It displays a flat surface and often has a whitened heart-shaped face, a triangular nose, coffee-bean eyes and small or non-existent mouth. The faces is painted in white kaolin earth, a pigment associated by the Kwele with light and clarity, the two essential factors in the fight against evil.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 36 – H 12 and weight 1.1 kg.

This beautiful old carving originates from the Fang people of Gabon. Among the Fang, these type of masks identify to the Ngil Society and are known for their elegant abstractions of the human face. They were meant to protect. They are often of great aesthetic quality, which suggests that they are the culmination of a long sculptural tradition.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 69 - H 20 and weight 1.4 kg.

This mask with unusual abstract form and 6 carved eyes belong to the Kwele peoples of Gabon.  The mask is made of wood and painted with kaolin in brown and white. This example of Kwele art is an antique and is believed to be over 60 years old.

Made of 100% wood, kaolin.

Model is W 36 - H 21 and weight 0.9 kg.

This mini figure is characteristic of the Senufo tribe, in particular, the Meke-Betsi of the North and the North - West Gabon. It is called "Eyema Byeri or "Guardian Byer". Although the couple is an essential dynamic of Senufo thought - the sculpted figure is an emblematic expression of the ideas that govern Senufo society- very few statues of couples have remained together in Western collections, as is the case here.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 4.5 – H 23 and weight 0.2 kg.

This Mbete reliquary guardian figure originates from Kota, in the Republic of Congo near the northern frontier of Gabon and also in northern Gabon. A fine and rare figure standing on elongated, wedge-shaped feet, the barrel-shaped torso beneath the elongated neck and stylized head The helmet-like head with abstract mask-like features, straight nose and slit-like eyes ; fine aged patina of kaolin with areas of black pigment at the feet, hands, neck and head.. White pigmented surface with painted black highlights, surface somewhat encrusted. The fully carved figure has a niche carved into the back for magical ingredients. The latter are thought to have a connection with the ancestor`s cult. They are believed to function as guardians of the remains of ancestral bones housed in a separate hut in the village. 

Made of 100% wood, pigments, kaolin.

Model is W 14 – H 54 and weight 3 kg.